The South Alabamian News Podcast

From loss to love

Veteran’s 26-year walk across America Anyone traveling U.S. Highway 43 recently may have noticed a man walking with a large sign that said, “LOVE LIFE.” Following his son’s suicide, Steve Fugate, 79, a retired U.S. Navy veteran from Vero Beach, Fla., began walking across the country with the words “LOVE LIFE” over his head. He has crossed the U.S. eight times, or approximately 43,000 miles in 26 years. Fugate said when he first started walking, he was running from the pain of losing his son. “I began to realize my pain greatly subsided as I shared my story and my...

 

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