Helping Hurricane Sandy victims with a marathon...

CARDBOARD MUSTACHES FAKE FUN.
ED, OVER TO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EARLIER IN SHOT WE TOLD YOU
ABOUT THE WESTERN NEW YORKER WHO
RAN HER OWN VERSION OF THE NEW
YORK CITY MARATHON IN DELAWARE
PARK.
WE'LL MEET HER IN A MINUTE, BUT
FIRST, RACHEL SHOW STZ YOU HOW
SHE'S INSPIRING OTHERS.
JULIE BURK BROUGHT THE NEW
YORK CITY MARATHON TO WESTERN
NEW YORK SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE
GOAL TO RAISE MONEY FOR
HURRICANE SANDY VICTIMS.
I WAS SHOCKED AFTER I SAW THE
DEVASTATION AND SHOCKED THAT
THEY WERE RUNNING IT.
I THOUGHT I WOULD DO BETTER HERE
AND GIVE THE MONEY TO RED CROSS.
SHE HOPED BY ANNOUNCING IT ON
FACEBOOK, SHE WOULD GET PEOPLE
TO JOIN HER.
SHE GOT MORE THAN A FEW.
AT LEAST 140 PEOPLE RAN WITH HER
OR PART OF THE RACE.
WE THINK IT'S A PERFECT
SOLUTION TO THE DILEMMA.
SOME CAME FROM OTHER STATES,
INCLUDING HER PARENTS WHO DROVE
UP FROM OHIO.
WHEN I WAS COMING HERE ON
FRIDAY NIGHT, I THOUGHT WELL
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO
CONNECT, SO ON FACEBOOK IT WAS
EASY TO DO THAT.
I LOVE BUFFALO SO IT'S GREAT
THAT BUFF SLOW HELPING.
JULIA AND EVERYONE HERE --
WORD REACHED THE GOVERNOR IN
ALBANY.
AND ANDREW CUOMO SENT ONE OF HIP
GUYS TO SEND A MESSAGE.
JULIA REPRESENTS WHAT NEW
YORK STAY IS ALL ABOUT, THAT WE
COME TOGETHER IN A TIME OF
CRISIS.
WHEN ONE OF US GETS HITS BY A
NATURAL DISASTER, WE ALL GET HIT
BY A NATURAL DISASTER.
THIS IS WHAT WESTERN NEW YORK
IS ALL ABOUT.
WE'RE ALL NEW YORKERS AND ALL
TOGETHER IN THIS.
I GET CHILLS LISTENING TO YOU
SAY THAT JULIA BURK, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
WE'RE ALL WESTERN NEW
YORKERS, WE'RE ALL NEW YORKERS
AND TO HAVE A SENSE OF, THIS
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
FOR ME, MORE SO FOR YOU.
TELL ME HOW YOU GOT START.
I WAS SO EXCITED TO RUN THE
NEW YORK CITY MARATHON, FUND
RAISED FOR MONTHS, AND I WAS
PUMP AND READY TO GOVERNMENT
WHEN I SAW THE HURRICANE
DESTRUCTION, I WAS WORRIED FOR
MY FRIEND WHO'S LIVE IN THE AREA
I WAS TERRIFIED ABOUT WHETHER
THEY WERE GOING TO BE OKAY, THEN
I WAS WORRIED IF THEY HAD THE
MARATHON, WHETHER THAT WOULD BE
A DETERMENT AS IN USING ALL OF
THE RESOURCES AND SECURITY, FOOD
AND WATER WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE
NEEDED SO MUCH.
I THOUGHT IF I COULD RUN HERE,
MAYBE I COULD DONATE MY TRAVEL
EXPENSES TO THE RED CROSS AND I
PUT IT OUT THERE TO SEE IF
ANYBODY WANTED TO JOIN ME.
YOU HAD 140 DECIDE TO DO THIS
RACE WITH YOU.
HOW MANY PEOPLE RAN?
ALMOST 200.
SOMEBODY MADE MAKESHIFT BIBS AND
FEDEX DONATED THE PRINTING COST
FOR THAT WHICH WAS COOL.
WE RAN OUT AT 144, AND MY
BOYFRIEND COUNTED ANOTHER 40
SOMETHING PEOPLE AFTER THAT.
I KNOW THERE WAS TOKENS OF
APPRECIATION OF PEOPLE RUNNING
WITH YOU OR WATCHING YOU.
TELL ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT.
MY FRIEND MADE THESE GREAT
T-SHIRTS FOR SEVERAL OF THE
RUNNERS, SAYS BUFFALO LOVES NEW
YORK, AND TEES MADE THIS FOR US
ON SHORT NOTICE AND WAIVED THE
FEES WITH THEM, SO I HAVE TO
THANK THEM FOR THAT I HAD A
RUNNER FROM THE 2009 NEW YORK
CITY MARATHON BRING ME HIS HEAT
BLANKET.
THESE ARE STAPLES FROM THE
MMARATHON.
RUNNERS AUSTRALIA GET THESE.
HE BROUGHT ONE FOR ME AND A
RUNNERS BAG FROM THE MARATHON AS
WELL.
I GUESS THE BIGGEST TOKEN OF
APPRECIATION THANK YOU RECEIVED
FROM A PREVIOUS RUNNER, WE'RE
SEEING VIDEO OF OUR RACE,
SOMEONE WHO RAN WITH YOU GAVE
YOU THIS MEDAL.
HE CAME TO WATCH THE RUN.
HE RAN THE MARATHON IN 1985.
HE SHOWED UP, DIDN'T WANT TO BE
INTERVIEWED OR IDENTIFIED, HE
JUST SAID HE LOVED WHAT I WAS
DOING AND WANTED ME TO HAVE HIS
METAL FROM 198.
1985.
THAT'S HUGE. WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN TO YOU?
I WAS OVERCOME.
I WAS MOVED TO TEARS.
I CAUGHT HIM BEFORE HE
DISAPPEARED TO THANK HIM.
IT WAS SO MOVING.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE T RUNNERS
TREASURE THEIR MEDALS AND I FELT
LIKE THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING DO
AND I I WAS THRILLED.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING THIS
MORNINGING?
SORE, BUT ON CLOUD NINE.
I HAVEN'T COME DOWN FROM THE
BUZZ.
AMAZING DAY.
YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS FOR
WESTERN NEW YORK AND THE NEW
YORK CITY AREA IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO SEE THE ENTIRE STORY, LOG ON
TO WIVB.COM.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.