>> A JAGGED CHIN, FLARING NOSTRILS, DRAGON TWO IS READY TO
IN THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL OF MISSION BAY.
PURPLE JERSEYS SET MY TEAM APART FROM OTHERS READY TO RACE.
OUR 40-FOOT LONG AND NEARLY 400-POUND BOAT IS HAND CARRIED
IN INTO THE BRISK WATER FOR OUR 500-METER RACE.
>> IT'S ON THESE COOL BOATS THAT ARE VERY CUTE.
THERE ARE 20 IN A BOAT.
YOU WORK AS A TEAM.
YOU ALL FACE FORWARD.
WE CALL IT PADDLING.
>> A PAT ON THE HEAD SHOULD BRING US LUCK SAYS AN ANCIENT
CHINESE TRADITION THAT STARTED WITH THE FIRST DRAGON BOAT RACE
MORE THAN 2000 YEARS AGO.
TODAY 50 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ARE DRAGON BOAT
RACERS.
MAKING IT ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TEAM SPORTS IN THE
WORLD.
SECOND ONLY TO SOCCER.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE HELD EVERY TWO YEARS.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE!
>> BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ATHLETE TO PADDLE WITH US.
THE ONLY REQUIREMENT TO BE ON TEAM SURVIVOR IS TO HAVE CANCER.
I THINK SO I WAS BREAST FEEDING MY FIRST DAUGHTER.
AT ABOUT 3 MONTHS DISCOVERED -- IN 0 S POST DELIVERY I
DISCOVERED A LUMP.
>> I HAD LYMPHOMA, NON HODGKINS LYMPHOMA IN MY THROAT
>> TWO, THREE, FOUR!
>> I JOINED AFTER MY LAST TREATMENT FOR STAGE THREE BREAST
CANCER.
TEAM SURVIVOR SAN DIEGO IS AMONG 50 INTERNATIONAL SURVIVOR DRAGON
BOAT TEAMS.
>> I FOUND OUT ABOUT DRAGON BOATING.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, UNTIL MY DAD SENT ME A CLIPPING FROM A
NEWSPAPER IN IRELAND.
>> IT'S JUST A REFLECTION OF WHAT THE WOMEN HAVE BEEN THROUGH
TOGETHER TO GET THERE.
>> DR.
McDONALD STARTED THE FIRST DRAGON BOAT SURVIVAL TEAM
IN 1986 AFTER HE FOUND A STUDY SHOWING PADDLING SPEEDS RECOVERY
IN WOMEN WITH MASTECTOMIES.
NOW VIGOROUS EXERCISE IS A STANDARD RECOMMENDATION FOR ALL
RECOVERING CANCER PATIENTS.
>> LET IT RUN!
NICE JOB, YOU GUYS.
>> WE CAME IN THIRD TODAY WE STILL CELEBRATE BEING IN THE
SAME BOAT OF LIFE AS A TEAM OF SURVIVORS.
>> WE ARE PUSHING THROUGH THIS.
NOTHING WE CAN'T DO.
>> UNLESS PEOPLE WALK IN YOUR SHOES CAN TRULY FEEL THIS.
>> IT'S TO SHOW US WE CAN RECOVER AND BE STRONG.
PEOPLE ARE STRONG WITH YOU.
>> TEAM SURVIVOR!