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>>NEWS ANCHOR: The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is under way
at the Ray Meyer Fitness Center at DePaul University
>>NEWS COANCHOR: This year, WGN fielding a team, bringing a story of our own to the track,
where students will walk all night to raise awareness, money, and hope.
WGN's Jae Miller is there now.
>>MILLER: Well hundreds are here tonight including some of my WGN TV colleagues,
in honor of one of our own, Carlos Hernandez Gomez.
[Cheering]
>>MILLER: About 700 participants gathered around the track
at Ray Meyer fitness and recreation center at DePaul University for a survivor lap,
the kickoff to the Relay for Life event,
where students will camp out overnight, walking laps to raise money for a cure.
>>FORD: We're really excited because these students are joining
with the American Cancer Society to fight back against cancer.
Many of them have fought cancer personally or have dealt with
it with their parents. Some of the students are survivors.
>>MILLER:Survivors like Colleen Rafferty, a Junior here at DePaul.
>>RAFFERTY: I was 16 when I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma,
and I went through treatment and then I relapsed, had to go
through treatment again,and a stem cell transplant.
>>MILLER: But too many don't survive, like CLTV political reporter
Carlos Hernandez Gomez, who lost his battle with cancer last year at the age of 36.
His wife, WGN-TV reporter, Randi Belisomo, accepted a
$5,000 donation to the American Cancer Society from Spark Energy.
>>BELISOMO: When you have cancer, you feel alone, and when you're taking care of cancer - somebody with cancer,
you feel like you're the only person in the world who knows what you're going through,
and just in creating a community like this, it's really empowering.
[Music]
>>MILLER: And that's what's keeping these students up all night.
Empowered, determined, and committed to finding a cure.
>>HOWELL: It's really great to come to DePaul, which is where Carlos went to school,
and to just see the community coming together around this cause.
>>MILLER: And the goal is to raise $65,000 before tomorrow morning,
and of the 65 teams enrolled, the WGN-TV/Carlos Hernandez Gomez team
was the top team, bringing in roughly $8,500.
At DePaul, Jae Miller, WGN News.
>>COANCHOR: Coming up, a *** action movie, says Dean Richards
- and he loved it! Might be something to see this weekend.
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