Archive for: Patrick Downes

 

Jess Kensky and Patrick Downes Finish Boston Marathon

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Will Jess Kensky and Patrick Downes ever cease to amaze? When the husband-and-wife team crossed the finish line of today’s Boston Marathon, Kensky’s...

 
 

A Year Later, Boston Bombing Survivors Living With “Hope, Strength, Optimism”

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Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky have had a lot of good days this year. There was the day when Jess met her beloved service dog, a loyal black lab named Rescue...

 
 

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‘We Thought He Was Gone’: A Longhorn Parent’s Nightmare in Boston

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Brian Downes, BA ’72, has had the longest week of his life. After his son and daughter-in-law both lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings, Downes asked the...

 
 
 
 
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