9/11 First Responder Overcomes Cancer To Conquer Walt Disney World Half Marathon

Emily Amato

by , Public Relations Manager

In 2018, Heather Yang was training to run her first half marathon when she was blindsided by a stage 3 colon cancer diagnosis. The diagnosis derailed Yang’s training and led to five months of chemotherapy – but none of that stopped her from running the Walt Disney World Half Marathon last Saturday.