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Okay . Um , tell me about you guys ,

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There's a lot of planning that went

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into the event . Tell me uh , about

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that process and why was it so

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important to not only honor the lives ,

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but I'd like to do it the right way .

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Yeah , So gosh , so

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the idea came about because we were

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thinking about things that have been

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done in memoriam for other events . Uh ,

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it was really important to do something

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to honor the lives because we

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consistently say we'll never forget and

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this was our way to just to make sure

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that the families , no , we haven't

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forgotten . Uhh This is the 20th

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anniversary . So it's a big deal and

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it's just making sure that everyone

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knows , we all came together And I know

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as a country right after 911 and

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everyone came together and we hope that

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this sparks that back up and just

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brings everyone together and

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remembering them in a positive way .

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Okay , um , tell me a little bit about

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the details of the event . Um , this

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one walks a mile with the significance

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of it is of the stickers . And so the

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idea is that every life so that no

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number is 2977 between the World

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trade centers , the pentagon and uh ,

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the planes that went down in the

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field and so each mile , the idea

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is that for every person we are

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walking or running one mile and that is

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whether they're here physically or

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whether they're participating , where

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they live because we have some team

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members in Thailand there are also

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participating , they're able to go on

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to social media and say hashtag rare

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miles so that we can also count those

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numbers as a team effort to remember

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those lives . Yeah .

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Okay . Um Mhm . Just your

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perspective , what's the importance and

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the value in holding an event like this ?

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So I think the value is just that

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people come together . So it's

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camaraderie at the same time as

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being able just to tell the families

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that haven't forgotten . Uhh

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just so often we go about our days and

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we know that it's sorry , it's not as

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it's not as easy for those family

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members just to go about their days .

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And so this is just a small way for us

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to say we're thinking about , you know ,

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awesome . Um is there anything else

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you'd like to share ? Like what ? Uh

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Yeah , I just I really just want to

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thank everyone . The support for this

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event has been huge . And all the

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organizations that have had to come out

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between em wr uh USo Metro has had a

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big part in it providing the things for

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the soldiers and the family members

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that are here um Usamriid provided

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medic for us as well . And so it takes

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a big , it's a group effort . It takes

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a village . So just very , very

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appreciative of the support . Awesome .

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Okay , thank you so much