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Marathon trip inspires fi refi ghter

Stratton based fi refi ghter Marcus Moore from Shaw, having taken part
in November’s New York marathon when he raised £2,500 for the Fire
Fighter’s Charity, is planning to return in September.
“Apart from the awesome experi-
ence of running through New York
with thousands of people cheering
you on, we had an amazing recep-
tion from local fi refi ghters,” said
Marcus, who took 3 hours and 39
minutes to complete the marathon.
“There were 30 fi refi ghters from
across Britain there and we went
to the NYFD training school called
The Rock which is an incredible
facility. They’ve mounted a beam going back to run the Tunnel to the
from the World Trade Centre in the Towers, an event marking the route
gym as a sober reminder to trainees taken by fi refi ghters to the World
doing pull ups of the sacrifi ce made Trade Centre.
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