Woman who fell off cliff to escape sex attack is now running the NYC Marathon
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New York Post
Although she is still unable to feel her feet and ankles and relies on crutches, Gavios is training up to six hours and 16 miles a day for her first marathon. She is running to raise money for spinal cord research through the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. “I don’t think the time really matters,” she explained. “I might be out there for 12 hours or more, but the goal is finishing it. I know that if I lived through that — being tortured and suffering for so many hours straight — then the marathon should not be a big deal.”