You can virtually run the second annual Freedom Run in honor of James Foley this weekend
You can run the second annual Freedom Run in honor of slain journalist James Foley this weekend right from your own block.
The 5K run/walk will take place on Saturday, October 15, in Rochester, New Hampshire, but runners who can’t make the trip are invited to “join virtually in Boston and across the globe.”
Slain journalist James Foley, seen here in a 2011 video.
The James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, which organizes the race, expects to see over 4,000 runners on-site and virtually this year, according to a statement from the race. All runners—both in-person and virtually—will receive Foley 5K T-shirts.
Foley, a New Hampshire native, was working as a freelance war correspondent when he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in Syria by ISIS terrorists. He was murdered in 2014.
The race benefits the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation; its mission “is to advocate for the safe return of American hostages kidnapped abroad; protect press freedom and freelance conflict journalists; and educate journalism students on the dangers of conflict journalism and protection.”
Go to foleyrun.org to register.
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