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FIVE MONTHS TO REBUILD THE
HOME.
FIVE GENERATIONS OF THE FAMILY
WILL LIVE THERE.
OVER TO YOU.
READY, SET, RUN OR WALK.
THIS WEEK, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WILL MAKE STRIDES AGAINST TWO
OF THE NATION'S TOP KILLERS,
HEART DISEASE AND STROKE.
THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL WALL STREET RUN AND HARD
WALK TAKES PLACE THIS THURSDAY.
CBS2 AND OUR SISTER STATION ARE
PROUD MEDIA PARTNERS OF THE
EVENT.
JOINING US IN THE STUDIO IS THE
DAUGHTER OF THIS YEAR'S
HONOREE, THE LATE JIMMY LEE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR FATHER.
IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE
HE SUDDENLY PASSED AWAY.
WHERE TO START -- HE WAS
LARGER THAN LIFE.
HE REALLY MADE THE MOST OUT OF
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THAT IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY
TAKING WITH ME.
WE'RE HOPING THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION AND THIS WALK CAN
HELP OTHERS DO THE SAME THING.
HE WORKED FOR JPMORGAN
CHASE AND WAS WELL-KNOWN ON
WALL STREET.
HE WORKED FOR JPMORGAN,
FOR 40 YEARS.
THE BANK HAS BEEN LIKE FAMILY
TO US AND WAS LIKE FAMILY FOR
HIM.
HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY.
HOW DID HE PASS AWAY?
HE PASSED AWAY OF AN
ANEURYSM.
UNRELATED TO HEART HEALTH.
HE LOST HIS FATHER WHEN HE WAS
11.
HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY DUE TO A
HEART ATTACK.
SO EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
IS SOMETHING HE WAS VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT.
AND ABOUT WALL STREET.
TELL US ABOUT THE EVENT COMING
UP.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
THE HEART ASSOCIATION REACHED
OUT TO MY FAMILY AND ME.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
WE REALLY JUST -- THOUGHT IT
SOUNDED LIKE AN AMAZING EVENT
THAT WOULD TIE TOGETHER WHAT MY
DAD WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT.
SO AS I SAID EARLIER, HEART
HEALTH, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
-- HE WAS A FIT MAN.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IN THE
PICTURES.
WHO TAKES PLACE IN THE WALK?
ANYONE.
OVER 12,000 PEOPLE ARE
EXPECTED.
AND OVER 150 COMPANIES
PARTICIPATING.
150 CUSTOM-MADE --
COMPANIES?
YES.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
TURNOUT.
IT WILL BE GREAT.
AND THERE ARE HELP
SCREENINGS.
YES.
WE BELIEVE IT IS ABOUT
EDUCATION AND HEART HEALTH
AWARENESS.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST --
HAVE YOU DONE THIS BEFORE?
I HAVE NOT DONE IT BEFORE.
I WILL BE WALKING.
WE HAVE BEEN JOKING ABOUT
IT GOT MY DAD WOULD HAVE TRIED
TO WIN.
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT
ALL OF THIS?
I THINK HE WOULD BE
INCREDIBLY PROUD.
I THINK HE WOULD BE REALLY
EXCITED.
THIS IS RIGHT UP HIS ALLEY.
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
WHAT DO YOU HOPE THAT PEOPLE
TAKE AWAY?
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE YOU WANT
THEM TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS
EVENT?
AS I SAID, MY DAD DIED OF
AN ANEURYSM -- NOTHING
RELATED TO HIS HEART.
HE WAS WITH US FOR 62 YEARS --
FORCEFUL AS HE WAS, BECAUSE HE
TOOK CARE OF HIMSELF.
HE LOOKED OUT FOR HIMSELF AND
HIS HEART AND WAS GETTING
SCREENINGS ALL THE TIME AND
WORKING OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN
GO TO CBSNEW YORK.COM.
THE ANNUAL WALL STREET WALK AND