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Teams Of Cancer Survivors Compete In The Cooper River Park Dragon Boat Regatta: "It's Very Powerful"
"It's something to see," Lannon said. "I'm getting emotional talking about it. It's very powerful."
July 29, 2024
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBS) -- On Saturday, 54 teams competed at the eighth annual Cooper River Park Dragon Boat Regatta. Four teams, including the River Sisters, competed in a division specifically for cancer survivors.
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Joan Grossberg, a member of the River Sisters, said their community has been invaluable to the members.
"When the word cancer is introduced into your vocabulary, your life changes – you fall off of a cliff," Grossberg said. "This is a group of people that have all fallen off the same cliff. We all understand what we have gone through. And that helps."
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