When Ernie Andrus was 90, he decided to cross the country on foot, running from California to Georgia. He finished in August 2016, one day after his 93rd birthday. At age 95, the World War II veteran has decided to make another cross-country trek.
Two months after he turned 90, Ernie Andrus wanted to do something special, a feat that people assumed at his age he couldn't complete.
Over the course of two years and 10 months, over 2,631 miles, he crossed the country on foot, running from California to Georgia. He finished in August 2016, one day after his 93rd birthday. "I could never turn down the chance for an adventure," he told CNN by telephone Wednesday.At age 95, the World War II veteran has decided to do it again. He celebrated the Fourth of July with a slow run through the Florida Panhandle town of Monticello.
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