Participants in the 13th annual Helton Hall 5K listen as Jiffy Helton, a Gold Star mother, reflects on the loss of her son at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 8, 2022. The event is held in memory of 1st Lt. Joseph D. Helton, a security forces officer who was killed in 2009 during a deployment to Iraq.

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