Clayton firefighters kayak 200 miles for fallen heroes

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>> A PAIR OF LOCAL HEROS ARE

GOING THE EXTRA MILE OR MILES

IN THIS CASE TO SUPPORT A VERY

GOOD CAUSE.

TWO CLAYTON FIREFIGHTERS TRYING

TO PADDLE -- LOCATED IN CRAVEN

IN JUST FIVE AND A HALF DAYS.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM ON DAY

TWO TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE

HEADED NEXT AND WHAT'S DRIVING

THEM TO TAKE ON SUCH A HUGE

CHALLENGE.

>> TWO MEN, TWO KAYAKS AND A

LONG PADDLE AHEAD OF THEM.

>> FIRST NIGHT WAS COLD.

LAST NIGHT WAS RAINY.

>> TOUGH DAYS ARE NOTHING

COMPARED FOR MEN LIKE ALLEN.

>> I'M A PART TIME

FIREFIGHTER.

>> Reporter: AND HIS PAL PAUL.

>> I'M A MEAL.

>> Reporter: TOGETHER THESE TWO

WILL PADDLE NEARLY 200 MILES TO

RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR

FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS AND WOUNDED

WARRIORS.

>> EVERYBODY DOES CHICKEN

DINNERS AND RAFFLES, AND

EVERYTHING ELSE, JUST SOMETHING

DIFFERENT.

>> I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO IT.

I HAVE PADDLED MANY PARTS OF

THE NOOSE BEFORE BUT NOT ALL OF

IT.

LIKE PEOPLE WANT TO HIKE THE

APPALACHIAN TRAIL, I WANTED TO

DO THE NOOSE.

WHAT BETTER WAY TO RAISE MONEY

AND GET TO DO IT.

I GOT A PASS OUT OF THE HOUSE

TO DO IT IF I RAISE MONEY.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE NEVER

DONE ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS

BUT THEY AREN'T DOING IT ALONE.

ALONG THE WAY, FIREFIGHTERS ARE

MEETING UP WITH THEM,

RESUPPLYING THEM WITH FOOD AND

WATER.

IT'S THE THOUGHT OF THOSE

INJURED IN THE HEAT AND THE

BATTLE THAT KEEPS THEM GOING.

>> YOU ARE DIRTY, SITTING IN A

PIECE OF PLASTIC, HUNGRY, COLD,

WET, MISSING YOUR FAMILY.

OF JUST REMIND YOURSELF THAT

WHAT WE ARE DOING IS NOTHING

COMPARED TO WHAT THEY ARE

DOING.

>> A LOT OF THEM COME BACK

MISSING LIMBS AND I'M LUCKY

ENOUGH TO HAVE BOTH OF MINE.

PADDLING DOWN THE RIVER.

>> THEY HAVE A STORY TO TELL.

>> STORY --

>> Reporter: IT'S A STORY WE

ALL CAN UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY

THESE DAYS.

>> I THINK ITS PART OF BEING

AMERICAN, BEING A HUMAN, GIVING

BACK TO -- HOPING EVERYBODY

ELSE HAS YOUR BACK SO YOU ARE

TRYING TO HAVE THEIRS ALSO.

WHATEVER SHAPE OR FORM IT MAY

TAKE.

BADLING DOWN A RIVER.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE

FOR.

HERE TO HELP.

>> GREAT JOB AND GREAT JOB BY

RICHARD FOR PUTTING THAT