Downtown Columbus turns pink for breast cancer awareness walk [Video]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A sea of pink flooded downtown Columbus on Sunday morning for the 16th annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.

“You know you know a survivor. Or you know someone who’s going through cancer who can use the support. When you come down here you see how happy we are and there is life after cancer,” said Lydia Kemerling Back, member of the walk’s planning committee and 25-year breast cancer survivor.

It’s hosted by the American Cancer Society and for the last three years, NBC4’s Daytime Columbus host Robyn Haines has emceed the event. She is 14 years cancer free and wants to encourage other women to be their own advocates. “If you feel something isn’t right, you’ve got to keep going and that’s what I did. I had a lot of people tell me that I was too young. It turns out I wasn’t,” she said.

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