STARTING
STARTING AS A MISSION TO RESTORE THE TRUE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY THIS YEAR
THEY'RE HONORING OUR NATION'S
HEROES WITH A MONTH LONG
FIFTEEN THOUSAND MILE NATIONAL
RELAY AND THIS MORNING WE HAVE
CARRY THE LOAD AMBASSADOR BRIAN
MARIN SHARING WITH HOW EVERYONE
CAN GET INVOLVED IN THIS. GOOD
MORNING, BRIAN. GLAD GLAD
YOU'RE ON OUR SHOW HERE AND
THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE
CATCHING YOU IN THE MIDDLE
OF THIS. TELL US WHERE YOU'RE
WALKING TO IN WHICH LEG YOU ARE
ON HERE IN SAN DIEGO. SO THIS
IS THE FIRST FLIGHT TODAY IN
SAN DIEGO OF THE RELAYS FROM
THE MIDWEST AND THE EAST COAST.
BUT TODAY WE GOT STARTED. HERE
YOU GO WALKING UP TO THE
MIRAMAR NATIONAL CEMETERY RIGHT
NOW AS WE SPEAK. OK, SO TELL US
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CARRY THE
LOAD AND WHY SO SIGNIFICANT AND
WHY YOU GOT INVOLVED SO 10
YEARS AGO BY FORMER SEALS LIKE
BRUCE AND STEVEN HOLLY AND THEY
KIND OF JUST WANT TO BRING BACK
THE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY.
WHAT WAS ALL ABOUT? YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE KIND OF HANGING OUT AT
BARBECUES ALL THE TIME AND
PEOPLE WASN'T REALLY GETTING
BACK TO WHAT IT WAS REALLY ALL
ABOUT STARTED AND THE WHOLE
CONCEPT TO CARRY THE LOAD IS
HOW WE FOR EACH OTHER. RIGHT.
SO WHAT WE'RE ALL CARRYING SO
MANY SACRIFICES. THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO REMEMBER. SO
LIKE TODAY I'M SORRY MY FRIEND
TYLER ABUSE BLEW THROUGH THE
SCREEN AND ME LOST OH THIS IS
MY WAY OF REMEMBERING HIM AND
BRINGING THE PAST HOW
INCREDIBLE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
HAD A BIG IMPACT ON A LOT
OF PEOPLE YOURSELF INCLUDED.
WHAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
ABOUT THAT IMPACT HOW IT'S
IMPACTED YOUR LIFE? WELL, ONE,
THERE'S A NETWORK OF PEOPLE UP
AND IF YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST
NAME THE LOCAL HERE AND THERE'S
GOING TO BE TIMES WHEN WHEN I'M
GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT
STRONGER THAN YOU I CAN HELP
CARRY YOUR LOAD AND HELP YOU
OUT AND THERE'S GOING TO BE
TIMES WHEN IN CERTAIN
SITUATIONS WHERE YOU'RE GOING
TO BE A LOT STRONGER THAN ME,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME
CARRY THAT VOTE AND THAT'S KIND
OF WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT WORK AND
AS A COUNTRY WE NEED TO GET
TOGETHER AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE
LEARNED OVER THE LAST YEARS WE
ALL MISS THAT CONNECTION. WE
REALLY NEED IT. YEAH, WE'RE
SEEING PICTURES ON THEM ON THE
BACKPACKS AS IN SOME OF THESE
WALKS SOME OF THESE EVENTS HERE
YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE WALK
RIGHT NOW. IS IT TOO LATE FOR
PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS
OR HOW CAN THEY IN THE NEAR
FUTURE HOW CAN THEY BE PART
OF THIS EFFORT IF YOU'RE NOT
DOING ANYTHING TODAY AND WHAT
JUST HAD THE WEBSITE AND WANT
YOU TO REGISTER JUST FOR
REASONS AND GO SAFETY AND ALL
THAT STUFF SO YOU GET A WARNING
AND EVERYTHING BUT WE HAVE ALL
KINDS OF GOING ON YOU'RE GOING
TO BE GET SOME MATERIAL LATER
AS WELL AND A WHOLE BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE YOU
CAN COME OUT, SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
AND BE PART OF THE TEAM. SO
YOU'RE CARRYING BLUE, RIGHT? I
MEAN YOU BROKE UP A LITTLE BIT
LAST TIME WE WERE TALKING A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT BLUE. TELL US
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HIM AND
WHY WHY HE'S SO SIGNIFICANT IN
YOUR LIFE. SO TYLER WAS A
FRIEND OF MINE. I ACTUALLY I
SAW ALSO THE MARINE CORPS DID
SERVE WITH HIM. WE MET LATER ON
WHEN WE WERE BOTH WORKING
TOGETHER AND TYLER'S AN
INCREDIBLE GUY. HE'S AN
INCREDIBLE HUSBAND AND FATHER
OF TWO YOUNG BOYS AND HE WAS
DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH
STRUGGLES. HE WASN'T GETTING
HELP OR AND NONE OF US KNEW IT
AND SO HE ENDED UP KILLING
HIMSELF OVER THAT AND YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE TO BE GOOD TO EACH
OTHER AND TAKE CARE OF EACH
OTHER. SO IT WAS A HUGE IMPACT
ON MY LIFE UNFORTUNATELY. AND
IT'S NOT THE FIRST ONE OF MY
FRIENDS WHO'VE DONE THAT. SO
I'M HERE TO HELP RAISE
AWARENESS ABOUT THAT. IT'S NOT
JUST THE SACRIFICES DON'T END
ON THE BATTLEFIELD SOMETIMES IT
CONTINUES AT HOME TOO. AND SO
THAT'S PART OF WHY I'M WALKING
WITH THE BLUE TODAY WE'RE
REMEMBERING BLUE WE ARE
HONORING BLUE HERE AS WE
APPROACH MEMORIAL DAY. BRIAN,
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU CAN GO TO CARRIE THE LOAD
DOG TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR
INCREDIBLE EFFORTS THERE AS
YOU'RE APPROACHING MIRAMAR NOT
TOO FAR AWAY AT THIS POINT.
RIGHT? WE'RE APPROACHING AAMA.
WE'VE GOT THE BUS OUT HERE AND
SO YOU'LL SEE THIS BUS IN SAN
DIEGO THAT US THAT CARRY THE
LOAD HONK WAVE STOPPED BY TO
SAY HELLO AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE
YOU OUT. YEAH. AND COME WALK
WITH HIM. YEAH, FOR SURE. ALL
RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME, BRIAN AND CONGRATULATIONS
THE GREAT EFFORT YOU'RE DOING
THERE AND YOU'RE HELPING OUT A
LOT OF PEOPLE AND RAISING A LOT
OF GREAT AWARENESS FOR THIS.
THANK YOU, ERIC.