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Marching To Find A Cure For Cancer

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By STEVE KORNACKI, The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 21, 2007

Updated: 10/21/2007 10:08 am

Photo Gallery: Tampa Bay Breast Cancer Walk

Despite the preparation, Sorensen injured her knee and ankle and required athletic taping to continue.

Sarah Klein, 31, of Tampa passed the trio while speed walking toward Upham Beach. She wore a sign on her back in support of Jack Forsting, the husband of a friend and co-worker.

'I want to bring attention to the fact that men get breast cancer, too,' Klein said.

She added that today she will wear a sign and photo in support of her friend, Terri Johnson, who has cancer in her spine, pelvis, ribs and pericardium sac around her heart.

They walk for their friends, family and themselves. They walk to help find a cure.

'The support we all receive is overwhelming,' said Lee, who walked on a 13-person WTSP, Channel 10, team that included that station's anchors, Heather Van Nest and Reginald Roundtree. 'They touch you in every way along the way. They touch your heart and spirit. It gives you goose bumps.'

Mendoza, Pardo and Sorensen were greeted at Upham Beach by their husbands and children, whose T-shirts also read: 'My Mommy Walked 60 Miles To Save Lives.'

Mendoza said, 'We hope that one day there is a cure and we won't need a walk for our children and grandchildren.'

Reporter Steve Kornacki can be reached at (813) 731-8170 or skornacki@tampatrib.com.

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