New York City Marathon

This article is from July but seeing as we just passed the ten year anniversary of September 11th, I thought I would share this with you.

Ten Years After September 11, Families of Flight 93 Heroes Will Run the ING New York City Marathon in Honor of Their Fallen Family Members

Group will be an official charity partner; other 9/11 charities include Tuesday’s Children and the Nicholas Rossomando 9/11 Memorial Scholarship Fund

New York, July 25, 2011—To mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, 24 members of the Families of Flight 93 Runners charity will run the ING New York City Marathon 2011 on Sunday, November 6, to remember the heroes of Flight 93 and to raise awareness and funds for the Flight 93 National Memorial site in Shanksville, PA. Families of Flight 93 Runners is one of the marathon’s 209 official charity partners. Two other charity partners this year honor 9/11 victims: Tuesday’s Children and the Nicholas Rossomando 9/11 Memorial Scholarship Fund.

For several members of the Families of Flight 93 Runners, this year’s race will be a return to New York. In 2002, just 14 months after the September 11 attacks, a small group honored their loved ones by running the New York City Marathon wearing shirts emblazoned with "Flight 93 Family Runners: They Never Gave Up and Neither Will We."

"Running in 2002 reinforced my belief in the innate kindness and generosity of humanity," said team spokesperson Kiki Homer, sister of LeRoy W. Homer, Jr., copilot of Flight 93. "The ING New York City Marathon is a positive and moving experience; it inspires us to challenge ourselves and celebrate life. To cross the finish line this year will demonstrate in a powerful and tangible way the strength of collective determination and action, symbolic of the efforts of our loved ones. As our team runs the marathon together in November, I am also hopeful that many will be reminded that they are not alone on their continuous journey of healing from the tragedy of September 11."

Several members of the Families of Flight 93 Runners embarked on their inspirational journey to the Marathon starting line by taking part in the ING New York City Marathon Long Training Run in Central Park last Saturday, July 23. This non-competitive run of distances from six to 20 miles featured pace teams and a field of more than 2,500 runners.

"It is so fitting

Last year, runners raised more than $30 million for official ING New York City Marathon charities.