WABI reports on Zimmerman Memorial Fitness Challenge
WABI (Channel 5) covered the 2016 1st Lt. James R. Zimmerman Memorial Fitness Challenge held at the University of Maine. Four-person teams participated in a variety of physical activities including pack runs, pull-ups and a crawl through a mud pit. The challenge was established in 2011 to honor and remember Zimmerman, a 2008 UMaine Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) graduate from Houlton, who was killed in action in November 2010 while in combat during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. “In the United States, life is important to us and when one life is lost in a significant way like this, it impacts people around them much more than what we realize,” said Tom Zimmerman, James’ father. Also on the UMaine campus Saturday, was 5K Fun Run to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (JROTC), WABI reported. WVII (Channel 7) also covered the event.