Last year's 26.2-mile (42 km) run through the city's five boroughs was cancelled in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, which devastated areas of New York about a week before the race. Off the course, scuba divers will check for explosives under city bridges and helicopters will provide overhead surveillance following the tragedy in Boston, where three people were killed and hundreds injured by bombs set off near the finish line. Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya, returning to defend his 2011 title, said runners would not let the Boston tragedy affect them. "What happened in Boston is terrible.
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