Runners compete in 5K race to benefit veterans
Quick ReadJohn Green, a thick-bodied man of 62, was not troubled by his slow pace in Saturday's 5-kilometer race at Long Island-MacArthur Airport.
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Runners take off on a Long Island MacArthur Airport runway as part of a charity race for 9-1-1- Veterans. (June 5, 2010)
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John Green, a thick-bodied man of 62, was not troubled by his slow pace in Saturday's 5-kilometer race at Long Island-MacArthur Airport.
The Sayville man ambled along in the morning heat with thoughts of veterans such as his father, who for decades suffered nightmares after being shot down twice over Europe in World War II. "They had lost their tail gunner whom they called 'Smitty,' " Green...
