Navy vet runs marathons as tribute to fallen troops
Orlando Sentinel (MCT)
by Stephen Hudak
Published: January 4, 2014
Retired Senior Chief Petty Officer Sid Busch plans to run next Sunday's Disney Marathon with an American flag in his hands and a photo of a fallen airman on his back.
Busch, 67, thinks it's the least he can do for the memory of Air Force Senior Airman Tre Porfirio, who died at age 22, a year after he was critically wounded in Afghanistan. Busch will participate in the 26.2-mile race through Disney parks with Porfirio's picture pinned to his running shirt.
"It's not about me," he said. "The people I'm running for have done all the important stuff."
Busch, who served aboard submarines during a 26-year Navy career, has dedicated 40 road races to fallen American troops in the past nine years, usually wearing a photo of a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine killed in action and carrying a 3-foot-by-5-foot flag on a wooden pole as he runs.
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