DENVER — Special Olympics Colorado says it surpassed its fundraising goal at this year's plane pull event, where teams of 25 people sign up to pull a 90,000-pound airplane a dozen feet across a Denver International Airport tarmac.

The plane pull is the organization's largest single-day fundraiser and helps support athletes across the state. Organizers say teams and sponsors raised more than $400,000, which surpassed the $380,000 fundraising goal.

"We are serving more than 25,000 athletes and individuals with intellectual disabilities. They have their own opportunities to train, compete, and participate at no cost to them or their families. We are only able to do that through the support we receive at events like the plane pull," said Special Olympics Colorado President Megan Scremin.

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