Thousands of people are descending onto Central Park and Jones Beach Sunday for the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events.
The walk at Jones Beach on Long Island was set to be the largest in the country, with more than 60,000 expected participants.
It is the 29th year of the events put on by the American Cancer Society which are meant to raise money and awareness about breast cancer, how to detect it, and the precautions that people can take to try to prevent it.In the video player above, Stacey Sager, an Eyewitness News Reporter and breast cancer survivor, spoke with a survivor and her family.More VideosEyewitness News Meteorolgist Dani Beckstrom was there and she interviewed an oncologist about the importance of breast cancer research.
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