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VIDEO RERUN: Swampscott Father Passes Torch To Daughter

Dan Santanello ran 12 consecutive Boston Marathons to raise money to battle cancer. Now, his daughter, a cancer survivor, is taking the torch and running the marathon on the Mass General Marathon Team.

This was the third profile in a series on Swampscott people running the Boston Marathon on April 18. The marathon is Monday, so we are rerunning the videos.

Dan Santanello ran 12 consecutive Boston Marathons to raise money to battle cancer.

His last race was 2008.

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Now, his daughter, Kristin,  a leukemia survivor, is taking the torch from her father and running the marathon on the Mass General Marathon Team.

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