CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Hundreds of Delta Air Lines employees and corporate partners gathered at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Thursday for Delta’s annual ‘Jet Drag’ fundraiser benefiting the American Cancer Society.
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The event, which began in 2010, challenges teams of 25 people to pull a Delta Boeing 757 a distance of 25 feet as quickly as possible. Organizers say the goal is to complete the pull in under 15 seconds, symbolizing how often someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with cancer.
This year’s event featured about 180 teams from across the country.
“When they started this event, they had like 22 teams that raised $38,000,” one organizer said. “Now it’s grown into Delta’s biggest community…
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