Usa news: They will be standing alongside one another at Fenway Park on Sunday, basking in the glory of their triumph on a baseball field, but also fighting back tears and the raw emotions of that horrific afternoon still searing their souls.

The Boston Red Sox are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their improbable 2013 World Series championship, but the reality is that baseball will only be the backdrop, with everyone recognizing just what their achievement meant to a shaken community.

It was 10 years ago on Patriots’ Day, April 15, 2013, that two bombs went off, 14 seconds apart at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Three people were killed. Seventeen people lost limbs. Nearly 300 people were injured.

It was the largest terrorist attack in America since 9/11.

“It’s something that will stay with me, for all of us, forever,’’ Jonny Gomes, one of the leaders of that World Series team told USA TODAY Sports. “We are going to be celebrating a World Series championship season, but at the same time, there’s a very sobering event that happened.