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BOSTON (AP) A Boston teacher born with cystic fibrosis is running a 5K road race this weekend - six months to the day after undergoing a life-saving double lung transplant.
Eamonn Kelly, a science teacher at St. Columbkille Partnership School in the city's Brighton neighborhood, could run for just about 15 seconds at a time when he first started training soon after the operation.
Now he's confident he can run the 3.1-mile race Saturday without stopping to walk.
The New Jersey native says the run is an important personal milestone, but he's also doing it to raise money for the school community that has supported him through the operation and recovery, and to raise awareness about organ donation.
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