FBN's Gerri Willis raises awareness for breast cancer fight; for more information, visit race.komennyc.org/team/foxnews
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But to a serious story here:
will thanks post
annual tradition in New York
City, thousands of runners, lace
up to race for a cure, raising
money for awareness for breast
cancer with the Susan G Komen
Foundation,
Jedediah, the cost is personal
for Fox Business Anchor
Gerri Willis, who was diagnosed
with stage three breast cancer in
two thousand and eighteen.
She is leading the fight against
the disease, as the race goes
virtual for the first time.
Gerri joins us with more
welcome to the Shoaf.
We love having you here.
This is exciting news. The first
virtual race
tell us all about it
all right,
so hi will Jed PETE great to
see you guys.
This is an amazing event. Today
these people put together thirty
hours worth of programming this
year. Can you imagine that
it is all virtual?
It is on the Chem Man website,
Komannyc DOT Org.
My brother gave the prayer to
start the race
im a little weepy this morning,
theyre raising money in a year
more important than ever before.
Why
guess what
breast cancer not waiting for
Covid 19
women are getting it all the
time
they may be. Less likely to be
diagnosed because people are
putting off screenings,
even treatment is being delayed,
so were getting out there.
I know a lot of people think
Gerri. Breast cancer has been
involved.
That is not true.
Forty eight thousand women die every year of
breast cancer.
We have the power to stop that
weve got to take advantage of
that
im hoping you join us even
virtually today.
You know to help these folks.
That is what I learned from my
experience.
Women need support.
Pete Gerri, you mentioned, did
nine months of treatment.
Being alone is one of the most
difficult parts about it.
I can imagine there are women
facing it alone.
Hopefully, this type of thing
raises spirits.
Absolutely
you know it was nine months,
so it was a mastectomy.
It was eight weeks of chemo
treatment,
five weeks of daily radiation
treatment.
I just get weepy talking about
it.
It is very difficult to go
through.
I was lucky.
I had my family supporting me.
They were behind me all the way
youve seen some of those
pictures.
Not everybody has that
advantage.
Not everybody gets really
fabulous treatment,
so we have to reach out to these
people now more than ever
before,
make sure they dont feel alone,
because you know the research
shows that if you dont have
support, if you are buy
yourself, if you isolate
yourself, youre less likely to
have a bad outcome
were really celebrating today,
all those women who have have
metastatic breast cancer too.
Those are women who have breast
cancer gone outside of their
breast area in other parts of
their body.
There is more help for them than
ever before, but they really need
support.
Will to your point. Gerri
women are not alone.
One in eight women in the United
States will be diagnosed with
breast cancer. At some point
we appreciate it. Gerri
appreciate the Susan G Komen
Foundation.
Thank you.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-13.