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It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
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It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
It was the final edition of the Patriot Run in honor of Thomas Cutinella at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon

By Bill Landon

It was the final edition of the Patriot Run to honor the legacy of Thomas Cutinella, who tragically lost his life following a head injury sustained on a varsity football field Oct. 1, 2014. 

Thomas’ football jersey No. 54 has since been retired and the Shoreham-Wading River Wildcat Athletic Club, which sponsors the event, established the race distance at 2.54 miles in his memory. 

The finale was held Sunday morning, Oct. 20, at Wildwood State Park in Wading River. The runners were met with mild temperatures and brilliant sunshine, and were treated to a barbecue after the race.

The fundraising event raises money for the Thomas Cutinella Memorial Foundation, whose mission is to improve awareness of football-related head injuries, stress the importance of being an organ donor and keep Thomas’ legacy alive.

The foundation awards scholarships to local area students who exhibit characteristics of kindness, modesty and selflessness, as well as a genuine concern for improving the condition of the community at large.

For more information visit www.tom54.org.

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The registration table at the 8th annual Patriot Run. Photo by Bill Landon
T-shirts for those who pre-registered for the 5k run. Photo by Bill Landon
Proceeds benefit the Thomas Cutinella Memorial Foundation. Photo by Bill Landon
Registrants for the 8th annual Patriot Run. Photo by Bill Landon
Organ donation awareness was front and center at the Thomas Cutinella annual Patriot Run. Photo by Bill Landon
Organ donation heroes. Photo by Bill Landon
Those given a new lease on life. Photo by Bill Landon
Registrants for the 8th annual Patriot Run. Photo by Bill Landon
Registrants for the 8th annual Patriot Run. Photo by Bill Landon
Scenes from the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Scenes from the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Scenes from the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Kelly Cutinella (Thomas Cutinella’s mother) holds Collette Crowell. Photo by Bill Landon
Karen Crowell, Kelly Cutinella, Colette Crowell and Cameron Crowell at the 8th annual Patriots run in memory of Thomas Cutinella. Photo by Bill Landon
Scenes from the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Scenes from the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Frank Cutinella (Thomas Cutinella’s father) thanking all the participants at the 8th annual Patriot Run. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners in the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Scenes from the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners in the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Runners for the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon
Man's best friend at the 8th annual Patriot Run at Wildwood State Park. Photo by Bill Landon

Brilliant sunshine bathed the 8th annual Thomas Cutinella Memorial Patriot Run that featured more the 700 runners Sunday morning, Oct. 22, at Wildwood State Park in Wading River sponsored by the Wildcat Athletic Club. Proceeds for the event benefit the Thomas Cutinella Memorial Foundation whose mission is threefold by funding scholarships to those area students who best exemplify Thomas’ ideals, promoting organ donation awareness and creating football safety protocols and their implementation statewide under the Tommy Tough initiative.

Thomas succumbed to his injuries sustained on the football field in a Shoreham-Wading River varsity football game at John Glenn High School Oct. 1, 2014. Thomas was a big believer in giving life through organ donation and then the next day, he did just that. 

Nine years ago, Karen Crowell, a Bronx woman in her early 20s, was gravely ill on a transplant waiting list desperately needing a new heart. Crowell got a second chance receiving Thomas’ transplanted heart for a new lease on life. A few years after receiving the gift of life, Crowell and the Cutinella family became acquainted and have remained in touch to this day. 

Two years ago, Crowell was blessed with the birth of her first child, something she thought she would never live to see but because of Thomas’ gift of life, she and her husband Cameron are now the proud parents of a baby girl, Colette.

For more information on the Thomas Cutinella Memorial Foundation visit www.tom54.org.

Photos by Bill Landon

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