Mark being interviewed by WBZ about 2024 DAV 5k Boston
Transcript
0:03>>> ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. WE
0:05ARE LIVE FROM THE DAV, 5K IN
0:08SOUTH BOSTON WHERE THE RACE IS
0:09ABOUT TO KICK OFF AT 10:00 TO
0:12BEN FET VETERANS. THIS IS MARK
0:16AND YOU ARE HAVE VETERANS
0:18DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
0:18WELCOME.
0:19>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
0:21>> YOU ARE SPONSORING AND
0:22RUNNING HOW DO YOU FEEL.
0:23>> CHILLY BUT WE ARE READY.
0:25>> WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART
0:26ABOUT RUNNING THE RACE BEING A
0:27PART OF THE COMMUNITY YEAR
0:28AFTER YEAR.
0:29>> IT’S ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
0:31COME UP AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR
0:33EVERYBODY. AND VETERANS
0:34APPRECIATE IT. IT’S A GREAT
0:37EVENT. AND IT GETS BIGGER EVERY
0:39YEAR. I LOVE COMING HERE,
0:40SEEING THE PEOPLE ENJOYING THE
0:43DAY WITH YOU GUYS. AND WBZ HAS
0:45BEEN A GREAT SPONSOR AND VERY
0:47HELPFUL TO THE PROCESS.
0:49>> THANK YOU. AND THE VETERANS
0:53DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
0:54CONSTRUCTION, BUT YOU
0:54PRIORITIZE VETERANS PROJECTS.
0:55TELL US ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND
0:56AND THE BUSINESS AND HOW YOU
0:57ARE HELPING IN GIVING BACK TO
0:59THE COMMUNITY.
0:59>> OKAY. SO WE ARE A SERVICE
1:02DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL
1:02BUSINESS. WE DO WORK FOR THE VA
1:05HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. AND THAT’S
1:07SET ASIDE FOR SERVICE DISABLED
1:09VETERANS. GOVERNMENT PUT THAT
1:11IN EFFECT IN 2003. AND WHAT WE
1:13DO IS WE BUILD ALL THE
1:15HOSPITALS AND WE BUILD FLOORS,
1:18AND WE REBUILD MRI SUITES AND
1:20DO AT LOVE RENOVATION.
1:20>> TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE
1:22BEST CARE.
1:22>> VERY BEST CARE. WE ARE
1:24UPDATING ALL VA HOSPITALS
1:26ACROSS THE STATE OF
1:28MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
1:29VERMONT, AND MAINE.
1:29>> YOU ARE A VETERAN SO TELL US
1:31WHAT IT’S LIKE SEEING ALL THE
1:33VOLUNTEERS HERE, VENDORS, AND
1:34RUNNERS AND MANY WHO ARE NOT
1:36EVEN VETERANS THEMSELVES WANT
1:37TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT.
1:39>> IT’S JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE
1:40AWESOME FEELING. IT MAKES ME
1:41PROUD FOR WHAT I’VE DONE IN
1:43THE MILITARY NOW THAT EVERYBODY
1:45IS SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT. AND
1:46IT’S A BIG HATS OFF TO THOSE
1:50VOLUNTEERS.
1:50>> THIS IS YOUR 9th 5K.
1:52>> 9th 5K.
1:53>> IS THERE ONE THAT MAKES THIS
1:54SPECIAL THE WEATHER.
1:55>> THE WEATHER IS PERFECT. A
1:57LITTLE CHILLY BUT IT’S PERFECT
1:59FOR RUNNERS.
1:59>> TELL ME HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
2:01FOR VETERANS COMMUNITY TO SEE
2:02PEOPLE SHOW UP ON A DAY LIKE
2:05THIS.
2:05>> THIS BRINGS BACK ALL THE
2:07GOOD THE MILITARY GIVES. I
2:08MEAN, EVERY DAY THAT WE GO OUT
2:10THERE, WE NEED TO HAVE SUPPORT.
2:12A LOT OF GUYS COMING BACK FROM
2:14COMBAT HAVE A LOT OF TRAUMATIC
2:16STUFF THEY HAVE SEEN, AND THIS
2:18IS A GREAT WAY TO SHOW SUPPORT
2:19FOR — THIS IS AMERICA. THIS IS
2:22THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
2:23AND THIS IS WHAT THEY NEED.
2:25>> THANKS SO MUCH. AND THE 5K
2:28STARTS AND ENDS HERE BY FORT
2:30INDEPENDENCE. KICKS OFF
Posted by Veterans Development Corporation on 05/22/2025