NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- About 1,800 people participated in an overnight fundraiser walk for suicide prevention Saturday evening into Sunday morning in Manhattan.
Marchers wearing blue t-shirts started at the Intrepid Museum in Hell’s Kitchen, and walked about 18 miles on the West Side over the course of the night.
Participants raised more than $2.5 million for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention — the group that organized the march.
“The walkers all have personal stories,” Bob Gebbia, the CEO of the AFSP, told 1010 WINS. “they either have lost someone to suicide, or they struggle themselves, or they have a family member who struggles, and they walk to support each other.”
By walking overnight, the foundation hopes to symbolize the act of moving forward through darkness with the support of others until light returns.
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