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Family, friends plan tribute for Frogtown
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Participants run in last year’s Frogtown Trail Challenge. The 2012 event will be held in honor of David Schorr, who was killed Oct. 13 in a single-plane crash. - photo by File photo
When David Schorr watched wife Bridgette and a small group of friends cross the finish line of the 2011 Frogtown Trail Challenge, he knew he wanted to join her in this year’s race.“The day you were able to sign up to run it, David made sure both he and Bridgette were signed up to run this 10-mile course, talking a few of his friends into it as well,” says Stacie Garramone, who with husband Michael has known the Schorrs for 25 years.Described by friends as charitable and giving, Schorr was a founding member of Alchemy3 in Alpharetta and an active resident of Cumming.But on Sept. 13, the 40-year-old father of three was killed in a single-engine plane crash near Lake Lanier, just one month before the Frogtown race.His number, which his wife plans to wear, will still cross the finish line Saturday. However, it will be accompanied by more than 100 people sporting orange shirts and running as “Team David” in his honor.“Everyone running this race knows how important exercise was to David,” Garramone said. “A lot of them would be staying home on Saturday, but everyone wearing the orange shirt will be there because David can’t.”According to Dana Baum, a neighbor of the Schorrs for six years, the shirt’s color carries extra significance.“He wore orange quite frequently, and he was a really positive guy,” she said.