Plane pull in Raleigh raises money for N.C. Special Olympics

Making a difference sometimes is a step-by-step process. At a plane competition at RDU International Airport, as Eric Miller explains, it was inch-by-inch.
Posted 10/22/2023, 12:22:00 AM Updated 10/22/2023, 9:17:21 AM

CHRIS AND KRISTEN HAVE WORKED

VERY HARD. THIS DOCUMENTARY.

PLEASE DON'T MISS IT. MAKING

A DIFFERENCE. SOMETIMES IT'S

A STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS. OTHERS

INCH BY INCH. THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY AT RDU WITH

A SPECIAL COMPETITION FOR A

SPECIAL CAUSE. HERE'S WRAL'S

ERIC MILLER.

>> STEPHANIE WILKERSON, YOU

KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO WHEN I

CAME OUT WITH A DOLL MADE IN

ASIA AND SHARING AD TIME ON

HOLIDAY NOT TO SELL MENTHOL

AND A QUESTION.

>> THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETE

COMPETES IN 5 DIFFERENT SPORTS.

BUT THE CHALLENGE YOU FACE

SATURDAY, THAT'S A WHOLE

DIFFERENT SCALE.

>> WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL

OLYMPICS. NEW FILM EITHER

PLAYING THIS AND WE'VE GOT 65%

THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP

US RAISE SOMEWHERE IN THE

NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT $120,000.

KEITH FISHBURNE IS THE

PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE

SPECIAL OLYMPICS, NORTH

CAROLINA. HE SAYS ALL THAT

MONEY GOES RIGHT TO THE HEART

OF THE GROUP'S MISSION. IT'S AN

IMPORTANT FUNDRAISER, A MAINLY

BECAUSE WE NEVER ASK OUR

SPECIAL THE CATHOLICS DEBATE

ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR

INVOLVEMENT IN OUR SPORTS

PROGRAM FOR FOLKS WITH

INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, THE

PLANE PULL HE'S BEEN HELD SINCE

1999 WHEN THE BLOOD DROPS AND

>> JOAN WAS BIGGER THAN IT'S A

50,000 POUNDS WERE USED TO

ABOUT 45,000 POUND. THAT MAKES

A DIFFERENCE IN THE WHOLE TIME

TOO. STRETCHED AND STRAINED TO

GET THE BEST EVERYONE IS A

WINNER.

>> FRONT OF THE HOME. YOU'RE A

KILLER. WRAL NEWS, RALEIGH.

>> IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN

DONATING OR GETTING INVOLVED.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS, NORTH