GAINSVILLE, Ga. (WTWO/WAWV) — A teen boy in Georgia will be running a mile in honor of Clay County, Indiana, volunteer firefighter Roy Smith, who lost his life in the line of duty last week.
Andrew Collinson is a ninth grader in Gainsville, Georgia, and on Friday night, he will be running a mile while carrying an American Flag with a red line on it to honor Smith.
Andrew is part of the Running4Heros organization that consists of seven kids in the United States that run a mile in honor of fallen first responders and post the video on social media.
” When I heard it, I was like, of course I would love to do this. I would love to run for fallen first responders who gave so much to the community and did so much for this world, in serving our world, as they went through the danger,” said Collinson. “On the videos, they leave comments and people are like ‘thank you or running for my nephew’, ‘thank you for running for my brother, my sister.’ Stuff like that just makes my heart feel like really good, it’s just like wow.”
If you want to watch Collinson’s run from Friday night, or any other run the organization has done, you can find them on Facebook at Running4Heroes or by clicking here.
