I'm a little surprised because the last five miles was a real struggle. I was behind at the 21-mile mark, but then I passed the guy in front of me and somehow was able to keep the lead. It's my first win in any race I've competed in since college.

They know we've got big boys and when you have bigger players you're going to struggle a bit with fitness,

The country was really at a crisis point in 1798. Lance gave us the context, made the struggle comprehensible.

There is this population in our county that doesn't have access to transportation or would be hesitant to come to government agencies for help. The Red Cross is trying to do outreach into these populations, and we're doing that through other agencies like the Latino Community Network so that we're not duplicating efforts.

We're working with the family. Our major concern is seeing how we can assist with their immediate needs.

This is a political and social triumph as well as a union triumph and shows that our struggle has not been in vain.