Hundreds Walk For ALS

BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Heavy rain didn't stop hundreds of people from hitting the streets of Bangor Saturday.

It was the second annual walk to defeat ALS. More than two hundred people registered for the walk. The committee started the walk in Bangor last year to raise money for research and care for patients. They also want to raise awareness about the fatal neuro-muscular disease. Jackson Laboratory Associate Professor Dr. Greg Cox was the keynote speaker at the walk. He says there is important research going on for ALS right here in maine.

"In my lab we focus on the genetic causes of the disease and what we hope is when we understand what the genetic causes are, then we can try to apply that to the rest of the patients," Cox said. "That's really our hope."

Walk organizers don't have the finals numbers yet, but they are confident thet met their goal of raising at least 25 thousand dollars.