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Strong RIers pull jet to benefit MS
Teams of 20 hauled 146,000 pound plane down tarmac
Updated: Sunday, 04 Oct 2009, 12:18 AM EDT
Published : Sunday, 04 Oct 2009, 12:14 AM EDT
WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) - It absolutely, positively had to get across the tarmac, but it was for a good cause.
Strong men and women competed at T.F. Green Airport Saturday, trying to pull a FedEx cargo jet down the runway for the third year in a row. It was all to benefit Rhode Islanders with multiple sclerosis.
The teams of 20 all managed to pull the 146,000 cargo jet, despite Saturday's rain making the blacktop a little slippery.
Last year's jet pull raised nearly $34,000, but that was with only 15 teams. A record 25 groups stepped up to show off their strength this year, according to organizers.
Read more about the event at the local chapter's web site. ( http://eventrir.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=GEN_RIR_homepage )
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