'I will do anything and everything to honor my dad and that keeps him alive.' Climbers raced to the top of the Three Logan Square building in Philadelphia Saturday morning to raise money for lung cancer research. HMonroeNews reports.
Joann Billings climbed for her father, Ken Billings, who died 22 years ago from cancer. He himself was a climber and climbed Pikes Peak in Colorado in a wheelchair.This year’s climb also had a special tribute.presented in his name. It went to the highest fundraiser. He’s been a firefighter for 27 years, which left him with metastatic lung cancer from breathing in toxic substances from fires.
“I’m very humbled. I’m not a person who likes to be out front like that but they decided to do it and I’m embracing it,” Narkin said.
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