Boston ‘finish line’ duo
Breakup for H’wood-ending bomb vic
They survived the Boston Marathon bombing, a double amputation and having their romance turned into a Jake Gyllenhaal movie — but not marriage.
Jeff Bauman and Erin Hurley, whose uplifting relationship inspired the upcoming film “Stronger,” are getting divorced, they announced Wednesday.
Bauman lost both legs in a blast as he waited at the finish line for then-girlfriend Hurley to complete the race on April 15, 2013.
Their daughter, Nora Gail, was born in July 2014, four months before they tied the knot.
“Jeff and Erin have decided that it is best to move forward as friends. Though their relationship has changed, their admiration, love and mutual respect for each other will never waver,” a family spokesperson told The Post in a statement.
“They are dedicated to loving and parenting their daughter, Nora, and ask for privacy.”
Bauman, 30, a resident of the Boston suburb of Chelmsford, chronicled his path to recovery in his book “Stronger” after an iconic image captured him being rushed away in a wheelchair — his leg mangled and a stunned expression on his ash-covered face. “I can’t really look at it but when I do look at it, I kind of think of those people that are around me — Paul, Carlos, Devin,” he told NBC’s “Today” show a year after the terror bombings, referring to those who came to his aid, including the cowboy hatwearing Carlos Arredondo.
“They’re there helping me, saving my life. I kind of love that aspect of it, but I’m only seeing my leg,” he said.
The plucky survivor soon epitomized the “Boston Strong” resolve that followed the tragedy.
His autobiography “Stronger” was adapted into a movie of the same name starring Gyllenhaal and Tatiana Maslany.
Bauman and Hurley, 29, famously embraced at the finish line after she completed the Boston Marathon in April 2016 in a little under six hours.
A month later, Gyllenhaal shared the first mar- keting image from “Stronger” on his Facebook page — a tender close-up of himself and Maslany about to kiss —along with the caption “Love is strong.”
Despite the unfortunate timing, sources close to the movie told The Hollywood Reporter that it won’t be altered because of the split.
The movie is due out later this year, but Lionsgate hasn’t set an exact release date.