Friends' Battles Spur Tori On

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"After I lost my friends it was heartbreaking," [Tori Yetman] said. "And a lot of people have the disease. I just want to help as much as I can to get rid of it."

Tori's fundraising target is high, at $250,000, but she shows quiet confidence rare for a teen. "If I do raise a quarter of a million dollars I'd probably make a really big difference," Tori said.

Tori's role models include Terry Fox. "He had the ambition to do it on one leg, rather than do it on two," she said. "And he didn't train at all. So it made it that much more amazing."

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Friends' Battles Spur Tori On

By Will Tremain

You could say that Tori Yetman runs just because she can. But Tori runs for people who cannot; those who have suffered on a long and difficul...

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