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Today, one associates the walkathon with charity fundraisers. When the term was first coined, it was anything but. The term “walkathon” evolved from the words “walk” and “marathon.” In the 1930s, walkathons were contests for cash. Couples competed and, whoever stayed on their feet the longest, won the prize. These events could take days, weeks and even months before a winner was proclaimed. They were held in halls, theatres, fairgrounds and tents, anywhere there was room enough for couples to keep walking in a circle. The were brutal affairs, often rigged with professional walkers, and organizers who made huge profits by selling tickets to the public who came to watch the suffering. This entertainment fell out of favour in the 1940s and could not be revived after the war.
There was little time to spare after 17-year-old Griffin Weathers was shot in the chest in 2018.
He was losing blood fast, and needed surgery to have any chance of survival.
An ambulance rushed Weathers the 10 minutes to nearby High Point Medical Center. Itâs the closest hospital and the place where paramedics are supposed to take patients with immediately life-threatening injuries.
But High Point Medical Center was not really equipped to save the teenagerâs life. It is not a designated trauma center and does not have the doctors, surgeons and anesthesiologists that come with that designation. So shooting victims like Weathers often need to be transferred to another hospital for surgery.
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