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Wounded warriors surf for charity

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    Competition on Jersey Shore benefits military families, kids with cancer

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Only something -- Jersey Shore can be proud of this weekend -- sure as the site of a surf contest to benefit children with cancer are wounded warriors and the families of the fallen from Griff Jenkins took part.

He's here to tell us all up this -- and you're an expert surfers so you went in -- your talents to the event I understand.

Plug -- -- an expert and I didn't participate in I didn't even advance past my first tee but that the real important part -- and was the heroes he -- warriors from all across the country.

He came to this long standing surf contest if -- pediatric cancer but these wounded warriors.

They showed off they participated in the inspired all of us were watching on the -- We're -- here today yeah.

Apple wants us here.

-- -- -- Injuries ranged from missing limbs to missing -- to traumatic brain injury but the small -- was new challenge -- Rhein main is the sister of -- -- Travis made it for him this surf contest is honoring.

Brian right yeah what's happening today.

Well today is.

It's actually surf contest in -- pregnant board.

By our husband's brother died at pediatric cancer they've been doing this for 22 years that we wanted to find a way to bring the Travis -- about -- hit.

And the -- Work Foundation together part of our -- mission is to honor the fallen by challenging a living these guys are doing exactly that here today by telling -- out there.

Get out the water and do some -- thing.

And perhaps the most touching moment the paddle out circle of friends honoring the heroes.

The memory to bring them board and we give great captain amazing.

I can't stress how -- the event.

Yeah what's the biggest challenge out there my -- volatile.

You don't need those designers have final Watergate.

Britain's got your servant and I just keep us.

In these heroes proved through their inspiration encouraged that no obstacle is too great no challenge too daunting.

What a truly amazing bunch of guys -- and you know they're being out there.

-- general.

Good natured are standing and act like they're injured it's a testament to their absolutely indomitable warrior spirit.

Quite something to watch and people -- -- -- war he can go to the Travis meaning Foundation's website harvesting dot com and read about it they're coming to DC.

In October for the Marine Corps marathon and they've got a team running.

For it and I'm gonna run -- you should -- -- -- and any of our viewers can.

A little late in starting my training now but.

You are -- trying their very inspiring and it's it's a number of different good causes that that have come together our wounded warriors fallen -- -- hear about those and pediatric cancer as well all connected.

It's very unique all came together because -- bring -- break.

Serve contest growth between two years.

There's -- failing -- bikinis Brian meaning he saw there married Brendan for ex brother still alive today and so they wanted to really honor.

Both fallen folks for different reasons for very good cause I might have an America on this time -- I do the point to and you do that.

He got well IRA reporters anything.

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