Harvard University Police Department officers and Gene A. Corbin, assistant dean of student life for public service, offered rides to students stranded in downtown Boston.
Many Boston-based alumni of the Harvard College Marathon Challenge, a program that allows helps students secure a spot in the race, offered their support to Crimson runners, according to Craig F. Rodgers, a counselor at the Bureau of Study Counsel who also coordinates the Challenge.
“We are blessed to be part of such a wonderful, close community here at Harvard,” he said.
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