mission accomplished (this time we mean it)
Kudos is not a big enough word to congratulate George Martin (of NY Giants - not Beatles - fame), on completing his *walk* across America (video) to raise money and awareness for first responders to the World Trade Center attacks, and all who worked on the recovery and cleanup operations who are now suffering respiratory and other ailments, often with little support from insurers, local, state, or federal agencies.
Peter King, who's not only followed the story but walked many miles with Mr. Martin, made a last, impassioned plea to support him (he's well short of his goal) back in May when Martin was in AZ. Feeling badly for not amplifying the message then, we do now.
George Martin completed his walk here in San Diego and got some pretty good local press coverage yesterday. The walk was impressive on many levels. To walk as many miles as Martin did is amazing. He did it for a great cause and he lost about 40 lbs as well! Good job George. One of the rare times I will ever root for a Giant. Okay, I did root for the Giants in the Super Bowl, but don't tell Sean that!
Ooooops! Guess I just did.
Posted by Tom Jenney on June 23, 2008 at 09:45 AM PDT #
That's OK, EVERYBODY rooted for the Giants in the Superbowl...
Posted by Sean on June 23, 2008 at 02:47 PM PDT #
PS - 40 lbs?? He could raise even more money selling it as a diet plan!~
Posted by Sean on June 23, 2008 at 02:51 PM PDT #
I was lucky enough to walk the last few miles with him in San Diego.
He is the real deal.
There's still time to donate:
http://ajourneyfor911.info/
Posted by Mark F Villa on June 25, 2008 at 01:16 AM PDT #