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Yeah, Yeah. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mm. Year after year, the Examiner Bay to Breakers proves itself to be more than a foot race. For some, it's a party. For others, it's a challenge to be faced as a family, and no one is left out of the

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running. Yeah, while that you never give up, you just keep going and you give up. Then you're gone. Bill Horton, his friends and family are running a race, a race against time because Bill is dying of AIDS. His family has known about it for two years.

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At first it was tough for them to accept, but now they're his best defense. It's basically it's keeping the family unit together, our family unit together. And, uh, I just build strength keeps us holding up. They're keeping him active and keeping him optimistic. Last summer, Bill

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and his friends and seven brothers even climb Yosemite's 8800 ft half dome together. Bill couldn't make it all the way, but he got close enough to see the family flag waving on top. This time, he wants to go the whole distance. Oh, definitely, God, yes. Is

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that gonna drag me across if it takes it. Bill is suffering from a great deal of pain in his legs, and his body is no longer capable of even walking this course. So he'll need to use a specially designed chariot wheel chair for most of the

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race. His family is pulling for him, but he's determined to finish running. Oh, slow down the Horten Party takes off without a hitch, and by the Hays Street Hill they're still looking good. This is great, but the toughest part of the race is still ahead. Bill

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has made up his mind to get out of the wheelchair and run to the finish on his own 2 ft. Mm. They draw off my strength, and I draw off their strange tremendously. It gives me a lot of willpower to go. 2.5 hours into the race,

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build the Horton family and friends crossed the finish. He may have needed a wheelchair for part of the race, but with a little help, he was able to run the last 250 yards, and this time they all finished the journey together. It's the extension of love

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from everybody. It's a wonderful support. It's It's something we keep sharing. It gets better and better. I think that's pretty much the spirit of the bay to breakers. It's not crossing the finish line first, but getting across there with your friends and your family and having

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fun doing it. And there are a lot of winners and debated breakers. No losers, that's for sure. When I think it's one of the few sporting events left in the whole world where that's the main spirit, I think so.