PISCATAWAY – Nervous all week that forecasts of rain would hurt his premier fundraising event, Eric LeGrand forgot to account for just how much he means to New Jersey.
Hundreds of rain-soaked 5K participants on the Rutgers campus Sunday morning turned the sixth annual A Walk To Believe benefiting Team LeGrand of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation into a success in the eyes of its humble host.
“Everyone was saying, ‘What’s a little bit of rain? Anything for you,’ ” said LeGrand, who spent 90 minutes taking photos with and chatting up every interested party. “Honestly, that touches my heart.