Trumbull High School girls cross country coach Jim McCaffrey is running the New York City Marathon in honor of his late daughter Mia McCaffrey who passed away from cancer in 2017.
The 5-year-old was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer in March 2016 and died in March 2017.
There will be over 50,000 runners lined up for the New York City Marathon on Nov. 3.
It will be McCaffrey's 13th major marathon and the first since his daughter Mia's death.