Sarah Emoto is working on her seventh pair of running shoes after making her way across the desert, over mountains and through the flatlands of Kansas. And she’s only about halfway to her goal.
Emoto is running from her home state of California to New York as a tribute to public safety workers and those who have served and are serving in the military. She left Huntington Beach, Calif., on July 24 and hopes to arrive at the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City by December.
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