Community Corner
Heroes Run Set For Sept. 11
The race is being organized by Swampscott's Elizabeth Kausek. She is organizing the race on behalf of a distant relative, Travis Manion, a US Marine who was killed by an enemy sniper in Iraq on Manion's final patrol mission.
Selectmen gave their approval Tuesday for a Sept. 11 Heroes Run in town. It will be one of at least 35 races taking part in the United States and Afghanistan.
The local race organizer is Elizabeth Kausek, who grew up on Stanwood Road.
Kausek is a distant relative of Travis Manion, a US Marine who was killed by an enemy sniper in Iraq on his final patrol mission on Sunday, April 29, 2007. Manion was defending against an ambush.
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Kausek has been running the Marine Corps Marathon for the Manion Foundation ever since his death, she said.
Manion joined the Marines in response to the 9/11 terror attacks against the United States. He visited Ground Zero, meeting many of the first responders, before his final deployment to Iraq.
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"This year the Travis Manion Foundation decided to have their annual 9/11 Heroes Race in every state, and they asked me to direct one here in Massachusetts," Kausek said.
She is getting help from John Sacherski of the VFW Post 1240 but needs volunteers and sponsors to host the race.
Race proceeds go right back to the local police and fire fighters, Kausek said.
For more information about the race or how to help Kausek, email her at: ekausek@gmail.com
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