A father runs this year’s Marine Corps Marathon to remember his late son

The 50th Marine Corps Marathon is less than a month away, and here at WTOP we are highlighting some of the inspiring people that are running to that start line and what brought them there.

One father is running the People’s Marathon as a Blue Mile Runner. It will be his first time running the streets of D.C. and he’ll be doing it to honor his son, a Marine who died by suicide.

“I have an image of Caleb receiving his globe and anchor in San Diego, one of the proudest days of my life. I have another date, in 2007, of two Marines dressed in their dress uniforms, presenting me with the flag that was on his casket,” Loren Murfield, 70, told WTOP.

His son, Caleb, was transitioning out of active duty to become a reservis

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