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SEATTLE (AP) — A man with a terminal lung disease has completed the Seattle Marathon while towing his oxygen tank.
KOMO-TV reports Evans Wilson walked the entire 26.2-mile race Sunday and finished in just under 11 hours. The station reports that the former competitive runner has pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension.
@PeteNajarWife@petenajarian Here's my Fri night training for Seattle Marathon Nov 27. Oxygen for pulmonary fibrosis pic.twitter.com/Dk7dVVfprW
— Evans Wilson (@EvansWilson11) September 11, 2016
Eerily quiet at the starting gate of the race pic.twitter.com/P7VHJL0u1g
— Evans Wilson (@EvansWilson11) November 27, 2016
Feeling good 15th Pl. some of the fastest runners in the world still behind us pic.twitter.com/GsBRp6mfSP
— Evans Wilson (@EvansWilson11) November 27, 2016
Wilson told the station that he wasn't running the race for fun but in the hopes of raising $50,000 for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. He says the "disease is incredibly underfunded."
KOMO reports that Wilson has been living with both conditions for five years. The station says says the median survival time is about three years.
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Information from: KOMO-TV, http://www.komotv.com/
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