Ultimate tug-of-war staged to benefit Special Olympics
It
was a competition of strength, but the cause was to raise money for the Houston
County Special Olympics.
Hundreds
of people gathered to either watch teams pull a fire truck or to actually pull
the truck. Teams had to pull the fire truck from a resting position 40 feet.
The truck weighed over 15 tons.
The
City of Warner Robins, Flint Energies, the Houston County Fire Department any
several others had teams present to pull the truck.
Houston
County will host the Special Olympics’ summer games at the end of March at
Bonaire Middle School.
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