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9-year-old running marathon in Antarctica

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    Pennsylvania boy raising money for charity

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There's -- story got a Pennsylvania a young man from Westchester PA preparing for a remarkable athletic achievement he's training for a marathon.

In Antarctica.

And get this he's nine years old.

He does it for charity -- to -- is my guess right now brave young man attempting this.

Amazing feat is by the -- to check has also with me.

Good morning to both -- you thank you for your time today this is kind of a cool deal necklace now what our viewers and now that you've been involved in many races it had.

You know the young age that you are right now.

You completed your first marathon already and you're goal.

Is to run a marathon on all seven continents around the world and that's what brings you to an -- is that right.

Now what what do you know about an article are -- And I know that 98% remains covered -- nice.

But.

I'm running on -- 10% then.

Now I like also with some are down there's -- get a little bit of an -- right now so maybe -- what you're -- -- 35 degrees or something.

I don't I want our audience to understand why you're doing this tell us.

Common I am doing this because I -- -- can raise money for operation warm.

And operational arm as a nonprofit organization that provides new clothes -- that -- -- well.

And and who started that charity necklace.

My grandfather and books and and what did he do that.

Paint and -- and 1990.

Realized OK is enough fourteen years down the road you're continuing the legacy of your.

Grandfather.

What would he.

He thinks it's really fall and he and -- -- which your mom think about this what.

Let's ask.

That now listen if he's young you know he's still growing and what what kind of advice have you given hammer.

-- do you watch him when you've got an ambitious young man who runs wants to run marathon there.

Well I'm when he first came up on the site Fiat and my first street accent as a mom of course was well let's make sense that this is a safe and healthy thing for you -- assembly went trail.

-- -- house to make sure that it less safe and healthy and he has say.

At training -- to men and that is.

And that is overseen by a black sports medicine experts and -- we're doing and doing the right and and you -- -- you watch his first marathon in Delaware two months ago right how did -- do then.

Yes.

It was amazing he had a smile on his face from beginning -- and he was so happy he just loves to run and that thing I'm most proud of -- that.

He's taking something that he loves semis and helping kids at the same time I was -- his I.

Yes some that is still sell amazing -- you're you're an impressive young men necklace but what and a lot of -- a long way from Delaware.

Yeah.

Still Sarah so if you're successful on the next marathon.

Or would you like to go after that.

Well come we're thinking about.

Mongolia for the next time but it's not official yet so we're not -- Ireland -- of -- plenty of time -- plan that you can do that on the plane flight home okay.

All -- -- wish you the -- Best of luck and we're gonna put your web site on our home page foxnews.com.

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So viewers out there of taking give your charity will encourage that and helping grow OK you're doing a great thing necklace from graduation -- Good luck and dressed warm okay thank you terror as well hang on -- thank you I'm not saying can't you -- good line of thinking.

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