The Miracle Riders are in the middle of their ride across the country to help raise funds for Columbus State University’s Nursing Program. The Riders took off from Columbus, Georgia on Friday, May 2nd.
This year’s theme for the Miracle Ride is the “Pony Express”. The Riders will travel to different homes and hand deliver letters to people across the nation that have a connection to Chattahoochee Valley. On Saturday, May 3rd, the Riders delivered Mary Bowen Banes in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Mary’s younger brother, Thomas “Spanky” Bowen, was an officer with the Columbus Police Department. “Spanky” was killed in the line of duty. The letter was from a friend of Mary’s in Columbus, Georgia. Rick Stinson, who knew Officer Bowen well, spoke about the emtional delivery and how it honored his friend’s memory…