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TO RAISE MONEY FOR CANCER.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY A GREAT DAY
FOR A BIKE RIDE, BUT THAT HARDLY
MATTERS FOR TWO PEOPLE
DETERMINED TO CYCLE ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES.
KMBC 9'S MARTIN AUGUSTINE
CAUGHT UP WITH THEM, AND THEY
HAVE A MISSION -- TO HELP AND
INSPIRE VICTIMS OF BRAIN INJURY
AND STROKE.
ON ONE SOGGY, FOGGY MORNING,
DAN ZIMMERMAN AND CATHERINE
BRUBAKER ARE WAITING OUT THE WET
WEATHER HERE AT THE CAMP BRANCH
CAMPGROUND AT SMITHVILLE LAKE
BEFORE CONTINUING THEIR CROSS
COUNTRY BIKE RIDE THAT BEGAN IN
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND WILL
EVENTUALLY END IN KEY WEST,
FLORIDA.
AND THE LAST PEOPLE COMPLAINING
ABOUT THE WEATHER ARE DAN AND
CATHERINE.
BOTH KNOW HOW LUCKY THEY ARE TO
DO THIS.
HERE YOU SEE THEM SITTING IN THE
RECUMBENT TRICYCLES THEY'RE
RIDING. BOTH ARE RECOVERING FROM
INJURIES TO THEIR BRAINS.
IN DAN'S CASE, A SERIOUS STROKE
NEARLY TEN YEARS AGO.
HE WAS TOLD AT THE TIME HE'D
NEVER WALK OR SPEAK AGAIN.
IN CATHERINE'S CASE SHE WAS THE
VICTIM OF AN ASSAULT AND CAR
ACCIDENT THAT AT TIMES LEFT HER
FEELING SUICIDAL, AND HERE THEY
ARE RIDING ACROSS THE CONTINENT
AND THEY'RE HALFWAY THERE. THEY
HAVE A CLEAR MESSAGE FOR VICTIMS
OF BRAIN INJURY AND STROKE.
TO BE ABLE TO TRIKE ACROSS
AMERICA CHANGED MY LIFE.
AND THAT'S THE HOPE I WANT TO
SPREAD TO OTHER PEOPLE.
I DON'T GIVE UP.
CAN'T.
BUSY DYING OR LIVING.
WHY END IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA?
IN LARGE PART BECAUSE DAN
ZIMMERMAN IS A HUGE FAN OF THE
MUSIC OF A NOTABLE KEY WEST
RESIDENT JIMMY BUFFETT.
IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, THEY
SHOULD BE DOWN THERE ABOUT
THANKSGIVING. REPORTING FROM
SMITHVILLE LAKE, MARTIN
AUGUSTINE, KMBC 9 NEWS.
DAN AND CATHERINE BOTH HAVE
WEBSITES DOCUMENTING THEIR CROSS
COUNTRY ADVENTURE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOLLOW THEM,
WE'VE LINKED THEIR WEBSITES TO