Text 90999 TO DONATE $10 TO RED CROSS Sandy Relief
The devastation of hurricane Sandy is still being felt and will be for months and years to come for families. The New York marathon was cancelled at the last minute by the city because of the storm's aftermath. But, many of the runners were already in New York. And, in a great show of the human spirit hundreds of runners wearing marathon shirts and backpacks full of supplies and 'ran' to the ferry to hard-hit Staten Island and ran to stricken neighborhoods to help. Thousands of others poured into Central Park to put in 26.2 miles after the last-minute cancellation of the world's largest marathon because of Sandy. "A lot of people just wanted to finish what they started," said Lance Svendsen, who organized an alternative marathon called Run Anyway. By 8:45 a.m., his group had sent off five waves of runners from the marathon's official finish line, which had not yet been taken down. "It is amazing. My guess is about 600 people have left so far." So, thought the marathon was cancelled these runners made the most of Marathon Sunday to show support for the victims of the storm. They all were winners of the marathon yesterday. To donate, you can text 90999 to donate $10 to the red Cross, you can also get more info here.
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