Girl helps exhausted mom cross the finish line at marathon

A 10-year-old girl jumped out of the crowd to help her mom cross the finish line at the REVEL Big Cottonwood marathon in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1:27 | 09/18/23

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>>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WHO ARE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WHO ARE DEFINITELY AMERICA STRONG. DEFINITELY AMERICA STRONG. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN SALT >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN SALT LAKE CITY, A REMARKABLE MOMENT LAKE CITY, A REMARKABLE MOMENT BETWEEN MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WHEN BETWEEN MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WHEN MOM NEEDED IT MOST. MOM NEEDED IT MOST. >> OKAY! >> OKAY! >> Reporter: MOM COURTNEY RICH >> Reporter: MOM COURTNEY RICH HAS BEEN TRAINING FOR A HAS BEEN TRAINING FOR A MARATHON, RUNNING WITH HER MARATHON, RUNNING WITH HER FRIENDS EVERY MORNING BEFORE FRIENDS EVERY MORNING BEFORE THEN GETTING HER CHILDREN OFF TO THEN GETTING HER CHILDREN OFF TO SCHOOL, KEEPING HER FAMILY SCHOOL, KEEPING HER FAMILY UPDATED ON HER PROGRESS. UPDATED ON HER PROGRESS. THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR HER THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR HER EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. SO WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE SO WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE RACE, THEY WERE RIGHT THERE RACE, THEY WERE RIGHT THERE AGAIN. AGAIN. MOM COURTNEY KEEPING THEM MOM COURTNEY KEEPING THEM UPDATED ALONG THE ROUTE. UPDATED ALONG THE ROUTE. THEY WERE ENCOURAGING HER, THEY WERE ENCOURAGING HER, CHEERING HER ON. CHEERING HER ON. WITH ABOUT TWO MILES LEFT, SHE WITH ABOUT TWO MILES LEFT, SHE TOLD THEM SHE WAS STRUGGLING, TOLD THEM SHE WAS STRUGGLING, NOT DOING WELL. NOT DOING WELL. WHEN 10-YEAR-OLD AVERY SAW HER WHEN 10-YEAR-OLD AVERY SAW HER ROUNDING THE FINAL CORNER, SHE ROUNDING THE FINAL CORNER, SHE KNEW WHAT HER MOTHER NEEDED, KNEW WHAT HER MOTHER NEEDED, RUNNING OUT TO RUN WITH HER. RUNNING OUT TO RUN WITH HER. GRABBING HER MOTHER'S HAND AND GRABBING HER MOTHER'S HAND AND RUNNING TO THE FINISH LINE WITH RUNNING TO THE FINISH LINE WITH HER. HER. AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT -- AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT -- >> HI, DAVID. >> HI, DAVID. >> Reporter: MOTHER AND >> Reporter: MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, COURTNEY AND AVERY. DAUGHTER, COURTNEY AND AVERY. >> I KNEW YOU JUST NEEDED THAT >> I KNEW YOU JUST NEEDED THAT LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND LOVE. LOVE. I KNEW THAT JUST HOLDING HER I KNEW THAT JUST HOLDING HER HAND TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE HAND TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE WOULD MAKE HER SMILE. WOULD MAKE HER SMILE. >> IT DID. >> IT DID. I DID SMILE. I DID SMILE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THAT >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THAT MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AND THEIR MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AND THEIR LESSON ON THE POWER OF SUPPORT LESSON ON THE POWER OF SUPPORT AND NEVER GIVING UP. AND NEVER GIVING UP. >> IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS AS >> IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS AS A PARENT THAT I REALIZE, WAIT, A PARENT THAT I REALIZE, WAIT, THEY CAN SUPPORT US, TOO? THEY CAN SUPPORT US, TOO? THEY CAN BE THERE FOR US? THEY CAN BE THERE FOR US? THANKS, DAVID. THANKS, DAVID. >> THANK YOU, DAVID. >> THANK YOU, DAVID. >> David: THANK YOU. >> David: THANK YOU. GETTING MOM ACROSS THE FINISH GETTING MOM ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

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