BOCA RATON, Florida (WPTV) -- Hundreds of runners and walkers took to the streets of Boca Raton Sunday morning to take part in the Gift of Life Marrow Registryโs Annual Steps for Life Race that began and ended in the shadows of FAU stadium.
Before the race was an emotional moment when Kim Brigham of Floridaโs West Coast, a woman who survived cancer, got to meet her bone marrow donor Olivia Carnes, who flew in from Colorado to celebrate.
โTo find someone from across the world has just been amazing,โ Brigham said. โPlease go get tested (as a potential bone marrow donor) because if it wasn't for the gift of life, the bone marrow registry, I wouldnโt be standing here today.โ
WPTV Reporter Dave Bohman was the emcee from the celebration, the 5k walk and run Sunday morning.
โI know that it meant so much to that family and to my recipient,โ Carnes said.