PHOTOS: The Ben to the Shore Bike Tour 2019
More than 2,600 cyclist rode from Philadelphia's Ben Franklin Bridge to the Atlantic City beach Sunday morning for the 32nd annual Ben to the Shore charity bike tour. The ride supports the Families Behind the Badge Children's Foundation for families of police officers injured or killed in the line of duty.
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Thousands of cyclists coasted through the finish line at New Jersey Avenue during the 32nd annual Ben to the Shore bike tour Sunday. (July 28, 2019)
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Danielle Kraft, 46, of Maryland wears a photo of her grandfather, a former Philadelphia police officer, on the back of her jersey during the Ben to Shore Bike Tour. (July 28, 2019)
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Cyclists finishing the Ben to the Shore charity bike tour support each other, while also raising money for the Families Behind the Badge Children's Foundation. (July 28, 2019)
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Cyclists in the 32nd annual Ben to the Shore charity bike tour began in Philadelphia, crossing the Ben Franklin Bridge then continued to Atlantic City riding in on Route 30 to the finish line between the Showboat Hotel and Ocean Casino Resort. (July 28, 2019)
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‘He’s with me here,’ Danielle Kraft, 46, said of her late grandfather Charles Bates Sr., who was a member of the Philadelphia Police Department. Kraft and others biked 65 miles in the annual Ben to the Shore Bike Tour on Sunday to raise money for first responders and their families.
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