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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Running for Heroes

Credit: KMTV Action 3 News
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Running for Heroes
Running for Heroes
An 11 year old boy runs in honor of fallen LPD Investigator Mario Herrera

VERY NICE FOR THEHERRERA FAMILY.HE'S RAN A MILE..IN MARIO'S NAME.IT'S SOMETHING HE'SDONE MANY TIMES TOHONOR OUR FALLENFIRST RESPONDERS.ROD FOWLER HAS THESTORY.MEET ZECHARIAHCARTLEDGE..AN 11 YEAR OLD FROMORLANDO FLORIDA..HE RUNS ONE MILE FOREVERY FIRSTRESPONDER ACROSSTHE COUNTRY WHOMAKES THE ULTIMATESACRIFICE IN THE LINEOF DUTY.HE STARTED THE NONPROFIT, "RUNNING 4HEROES.".IN JANUARY OF LASTYEAR SINCE THEN, HE'SRUN OVER 620 MILESFOR THEM TODAY..IT WAS FOR MARIOHERRERA..."I NEVER WANT TO HAVETO RUN AGAIN BECAUSEIT'S FOR A FALLENHERO." DURING THISRUN FOR MARIO..OTHERS LOCAL LAWENFORCEMENT JOINEDIN FOR SUPPORT..BUT MOSTIMPORTANTLY, MARIO'SBROTHER AND SISTERWERE THERE..THEY LIVE NEARORLANDO ..ZECHARIAH,PRESENTING THEM WITHTHE FLAG HE CARRIEDDURING THE RUN .."I'D LIKE TO PRESENTYOU THIS FLAG..I'D SAY THIS EVERYSINGLE TIME.IT'S NOT OFTEN WHEN AFAMILY MEMBER COMESOUT TO THE RUNS.WHEN THEY DO, THISWAS FAIRLY RECENTSEPTEMBER 7TH WHENHE PASSED AWAY, TWODAYS AGO, NOT THATLONG AGO.THEY'RE GOING TO BECHANGED FOREVER.HE WASN'T SUPPOSEDTO DIE THIS WAY,UNFORTUNATELY, HEDID.ZECHARIAH HAS RUNFOR FALLEN FIRSTRESPONDERS IN 40-45STATES - HAS RUN FORA COUPLE IN NEBRASKABEFORE MARIO.."IT REALLY LETS MEKNOW THAT WHAT I'MDOING IS HELPING MANYPEOPLE." AND FORWHAT HE'D SAY TONEBRASKANS AND TOHERRERA'S FAMILY?"I JUST WANTEVERYBODY UP INNEBRASKA TO KNOWTHAT, EVEN THOUGHWE'RE THOUSANDS OFMILES AWAY IN FLORIDA,WE STILL WANT THEM TOKNOW THAT WE'LLNEVER FORGET YOURLOCAL HERO.I KNOW HE ALSO HAD AWIFE AND FOURCHILDREN, SO I WANTTHEM TO KNOW -THROUGH THIS RUN IHOPE THEY FIND ACOMFORT.HIS ORGANIZATION,RUNNING-4-HEROES,GOES TO A DIFFERENTPLACE IN THE U-S EACHMONTH AND GIVESOVER 7-THOUSANDDOLLARS TO ANINJURED FIRSTRESPONDER.THEY RELY ONDONATIONS TO PAY FORTHAT, AND TO PAY FORTHE FLAGS THEY GIVETO FAMILIES.HERRERA NEEDEDMANY BLOOD

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