Father of three kids strangled by their mom gives emotional tribute to them as he crosses Boston Marathon finish line: ‘They had short lives – but they had good lives’ [Video]

12:07 EDT 16 Apr 2024 , updated 14:28 EDT 16 Apr 2024

The father of three children who were allegedly strangled by their mother has given an emotional tribute to them after crossing the Boston Marathon finish line. 

‘They had short lives – but they had good lives,’ Patrick Clancy said as he completed the famous 26.2-mile course through the Massachusetts capital while raising more than $75,000 for the hospital which treated them. 

‘I love my kids, they’re wonderful people. They had a lot of friends, everybody loved them,’ Clancy, 33, added after he accomplished the iconic race in 3:59:19 Monday. 

The marathon was a form of therapy for the devastated father. His partner, depressed midwife Lindsay Clancy, allegedly killed their three kids in January 2023. 

She is accused of strangling Cora, five, Dawson, three, and baby Callan with exercise bands in the basement of their home in Duxbury, MA, after Patrick left the house momentarily to pick up a takeaway.