Tribute to Friend Helps Spawn Kc Holiday Tradition

WEDDING FUND. TONIGHT OUR LARRY'S HEROES SEGMENT FEATURES A KANSAS CITY WOMAN WHO ESTABLISHED AN EVENT THAT BECAME A HOLIDAY TRADITION. AN EVENT TO HONOR THE COURAGE AND MEMORY OF HER BEST FRIEND. HERE IS KMBC NINE'S LARRY MOORE: IT WAS THE BIGGEST TURNOUT FOR A FIRST TIME RUN EVENT IN KANSAS CITY HISTORY. RAISING MONEY FOR THE BRAIN INJURIES. A TRIBUTE TO AMY THOMPSON HURT DURING A ROBBERY ATTEMPT. MOLLY SCANLON BEEBE WAS INSPIRED TO ORGANIZE THE RUN: AMY ATTENDED THE FIRST TWO RUNS BEFORE COMPLICATIONS FROM HER HEAD INJURY CLAIMED HER LIFE.... MOLLY REMINISCED WITH ME ABOUT THOSE EARLY YEARS AND HOW MOLLY GOT THINGS STARTED FROM SCRATCH: MANY OF THOSE EARLY VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL INVOLVED. MOLLY ADMITS SHE HAD NO IDEA THE RUN WOULD ENDURE FOR 27 YEARS AND RAISE WELL OVER TWO-MILLION DOLLARS FOR BRAIN INJURY VICTIMS: WHEN THIS YEAR'S RUN STEPPED OFF THIS PAST MEMORIAL DAY SOME 3,000 RUNNERS TOOK PART. A TRIBUTE TO THE DEDICATED WORK OF MOLLY SCANLON BEEBE. A KANSAS CITY