NYC Marathon volunteer has helped runners chase glory for 50 years

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA woman who first told her husband he was out of his mind for wanting to run the New York City Marathon has now volunteered at it for fifty years, CBS News reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFifty years, Hank. The race has grown from two thousand ninety runners, paying five dollars each, to about sixty thousand this year.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo she thought running was crazy, and her response was to hand out supplies to it for half a century.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's commitment to a position. She never changed her mind, she just changed her address to the course.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd here's the part.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn race day she'll be eighty-five feet in the air, in the bucket of an FDNY truck over the start, and she's afraid of heights.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEighty-five feet.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe's up there so nearly two thousand volunteers and sixty thousand runners can start the day right. I'm sorry. I need a second.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHank, I finally have leverage and I'm going to use it gently. Take all the time you need.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'm fine. It's the wind. We're indoors. It's the wind.