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DonViejo

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Sat Mar 31, 2018, 09:55 AM Mar 2018

Brothers ran 1,000 miles from Florida to DC for March for Our Lives

BY JOSH DELK - 03/31/18 09:36 AM EDT

Two brothers ran all the way from Parkland, Fla., to Washington, D.C., this month in support of the survivors of a deadly shooting at the school, who organized a massive march on the capital to push for increased gun control laws.

Isaiah and Jeremiah Godby wanted to lend their support to the movement after reports of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to Runners World.

“We had watched some videos of the survivors and the parents, and I just got so emotional,” Isaiah Godby told the magazine. “Something that we both do every day is try to walk in the shoes of others, and so we just felt their pain.”

The Godbys, natives of Sacramento, Calif., bought a plane ticket to the south Florida town, and ran 1,060 miles to Washington, D.C., just in time for the march last week. The rally drew hundreds of thousands of students and parents to the Capitol in solidarity with the Parkland students who lost 17 of their classmates and faculty.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/381094-brothers-ran-1000-miles-from-florida-to-dc-for-march-for-our-lives

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Brothers ran 1,000 miles from Florida to DC for March for Our Lives (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2018 OP
Amazing. I had no idea. Thanks. dameatball Mar 2018 #1
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