VIDEO: Runner with muscular dystrophy is final athlete to cross Boston Marathon finish line

BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com/AP) -- The final runner of the Boston Marathon crossed the finish at 5 a.m. on Tuesday while battling torrential downpours and thunderstorms for the last few miles. FOX25 was at the finish line as Michael Melamed, a 39-year-old Venezuelan athlete with muscular dystrophy, overcame incredible odds and finished the Marathon after 20 hours of walking. "Today we conquer the impossible, today more than ever everything is possible," Melamed tweeted out on Tuesday morning. "Thanks to all." Melamed hasn't let his muscular dystrophy stop him from completing five marathons. The athlete races for charity and to educate and inspire Venezuelan youth. He's also a university professor and motivational speaker. He was accompanied along the race by volunteers and was met at the finish line by dozens of cheering friends and supporters. "The wind, the rain, the cold, everything was overcome...because when we are a team the human creativity and human magic appears every time," Melamed told FOX25 after his inspirational finish. Melamed has previously participated in marathons in Chicago, New York, Berlin and Tokyo, but said Boston is special because it's the city where his parents brought him as a child for treatment

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