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Capital Region Veteran Completes 4K Mile Kayak, Bike Ride Fundraising For Service Dogs
An Army veteran from New York went the distance - 4,000 miles to be exact - to help his fellow veterans in need of service dogs.
Saratoga County native Jimmy Thomas, age 61, of Ballston Spa, completed the final leg of his arduous, five-month journey on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Flanked by a police escort made up of several local agencies, Thomas arrived at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum (ESAM) in Glenville at around 2 p.m.
Awaiting him at the finish line were dozens of community members, veterans, and police officers, as well as a firetruck with its ladder extended, draping an American fl…
