Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Brazzell | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 06.04.2010
BALTIMORE - Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Kevin Koski and Randy Perry, both members of a team participating in the 12th annual Tom's Run relay, known as the Curtis Creek Crawlers, race along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, June 4, 2010. Teams gathered from all over the East Coast to remember Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Tom Brooks who died in 2004 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. U.S. Coast......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Brazzell | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 06.04.2010
BALTIMORE - Two participants of the Tom's Run, a 200-mile relay held in memory of Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Tom Brooks, travel down the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to meet their team members at the next check point of the journey, June 4, 2010. The event starts in Cumberland, Md., at midnight and runs continuously until teams reach their destination in Bethesda, Md. U.S. Coast Guard......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Brazzell | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 06.04.2010
BALTIMORE - Retired Chief Petty Officer James Taylor runs along a trail next to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal with his teammate Stephen Sharpe during a 200-mile relay from Cumberland, Md., to Bethesda, Md., during Tom's Run, June 4, 2010. The event is held each year in memory of Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Tom Brooks who passed away in 2004 after contracting amyotrophic lateral......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Brazzell | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 06.04.2010
BALTIMORE - Teams participating in the 12th annual Tom's Run listen as Roger Butturini, the race director, speaks about the importance of the event during a pasta dinner, June 3, 2010. The event is held each year in memory of Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Tom Brooks who passed away after contracting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and starts each year......
