ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Special Olympics athletes know most events have a start and finish.

A torch run Friday started at Cobbs Hill Park.

“I know it's a little rain, but we got go through it,” Special Olympic athlete Jacob Babcock said.

At the run, Babcock reconnected with some of the members of local law enforcement who ran with him during the pandemic.

“So me, Erin, John "Pre," and all them and Brett Sobrieraski and Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter, we all came together, it was such an amazing process,” Babcock said.

He's talking about Rochester Police Detective Erin Rogers.

She helps with the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.

“As soon as you see the athletes and see how excited they are to see you and how they're supportive of you, there's nothing better than tha

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