Long Island Breast Cancer Walk

In Long Island this weekend, their was another walk in the fight of Breast Cancer. Many people are aware of this horrible medical condition. Many have know a friend or family that has sufficed or battled Breast Cancer or any other form of cancer.

Over 60,000 Long Islanders of whom many are breast cancer survivors, turned out in a sea of pink to walk together Sunday morning in a call to find the cure, as part of the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at Jones Beach.

Walkers hugged, cried and rejoiced during the march to support survivors in the fight against breast cancer.

The four-mile walk along the Jones Beach boardwalk, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, is the largest walk in the country.

“I am doing this for everyone’s children so that we won’t have to do this one day,” she said. “It makes me feel good.” You could hear people saying in the crowd.

Funds raised through the walk will help the American Cancer Society to provide free resources and support to newly diagnosed women, invest in research and ensure access to mammograms, officials said.

More than 232,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and nearly 40,000 will die from the disease. That number includes 2,475 cases and 417 deaths on Long Island, according to the society.