<div><p>In the closing minutes of this year's Boston Marathon, a special moment captured the hearts of many, reminding us what this race is really all about.</p><p>Crossing the finish line with this guide over his shoulders, 9-year veteran Earl Granville delighted all of those waiting for him at the end of the race.</p><p>50 feet before the end of the race, he looked at his guide, Andi Piscopo and decided to have some fun with the finish. </p><p>He hoisted her onto his shoulders for a monumental moment. </p><div><figure><a href="http://www.wcvb.com/article/man-with-prosthetic-leg-carries-woman-across-boston-marathon-finish-line/9521204" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c9to4ifxsaaypyk-1492551918.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c9to4ifxsaaypyk-1492551918_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c9to4ifxsaaypyk-1492551918_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c9to4ifxsaaypyk-1492551918_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c9to4ifxsaaypyk-1492551918_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c9to4ifxsaaypyk-1492551918_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c9to4ifxsaaypyk-1492551918_GH_content_1050px.jpg 1050w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c9to4ifxsaaypyk-1492551918_GH_content_1150px.jpg 1150w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.wcvb.com/article/man-with-prosthetic-leg-carries-woman-across-boston-marathon-finish-line/9521204" target="_blank">WCVB</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Andi's job as a guide was to keep an eye on him medically and keep his pace count. They have run multiple endurance races together, and motivate each other to keep going. </p><div><amp-facebook data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10213201814142266&set=p.10213201814142266&type=3&theater" layout="responsive" height="600" width="640"></amp-facebook></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Granville served under the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and lost part of his leg in the summer of 2008 when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. He lost 2 of his friends in the blast. 2 and a half years later his twin brother, who also served in the army, took his own life. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/Army.PNG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/Army_GH_content_550px.PNG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/Army_GH_content_650px.PNG 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>WCVB</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>"My downward spiral happened after that," <a href="http://www.wcvb.com/article/man-with-prosthetic-leg-carries-woman-across-boston-marathon-finish-line/9521204">Granville said.</a> "A lot of hardships I faced, a lot of things I was doing. It was just very unhealthy choices I was making."</p><p>He picked up an active lifestyle and has since participated in multiple marathons including Boston, Chicago, Detroit and New York. </p><p>"I had to change my attitude, and I think my attitude changed a lot just doing, being active," Granville said.</p><div><div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="13seUYmSNrM"></amp-youtube></div></div></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"Never had I thought just a spur-of-the-moment thing would blow up into something like this," <a href="http://www.wcvb.com/article/man-with-prosthetic-leg-carries-woman-across-boston-marathon-finish-line/9521204">he said.</a></p><p></p></div>