Record crowd turns out for walk to end pancreatic cancer in Norwalk

We are at Calf Pastor Beach here in Norwalk for an event that News 12 is very proud to sponsor, Steps for a Cure Connecticut, fighting pancreatic cancer one step at a time. A perfect blue sky provided a stunning backdrop for hundreds of families walking on a path of promise. Today's really about hope. It's a great day. Organizer Dino Borelli of Project Purple says the warmth and positivity generated by the walk. It's really special. Along with every dollar generated for research, send a powerful message. It's an awful cancer, but there's hope. Everyone has done amazing. Denise Ramones got her diagnosis a year ago. Pancreatic cancer makes you appreciate every day. It makes you appreciate your family, your friends. This pancreatic cancer walk is for my mom, who we lost on October 20th this year. it's super hard because this is super fresh but it brought so much comfort to me today showing up here and having like 50 60 walkers here for team nana we've lost a great person in our life Luz Otero meantime lost her husband Rory Amaya only two weeks ago beloved donor of Rory's auto body in Bridgeport a great father a great husband great provider the walk dedicated to her husband and to every life lost to pancreatic cancer. But every step forward, she says, brings us closer to a cure. My hope going forward is that he will be remembered for the awesome person that he was. And organizers say today's event raised a record 50,000 bucks. Congratulations. In Norwalk, Frank Recchia, News 12.