Florida couple begins 3,000-mile ‘Hike for Heroes’ in Maine

Couple begins 3,000-mile ‘Hike for Heroes’ in Calais
Bangor Daily News
By Aislinn Sarnacki
BDN Staff
Posted Sept. 07, 2012

Courtesy of Active Heroes
Hike for Heroes team William Mosebach and Kristen Creech pose for a photo at their home in Florida just days before flying to Maine to begin a 3,000-mile trek on the East Coast Greenway beginning in Calais on Sept. 8, 2012. Through their hike, they aim to inspire people to step up and help veterans and military families in need.

William Mosebach, as a frontline medic of the 2-503rd 173rd Infantry Battalion, entered northern Iraq in 2003 by means of combat jump — a jump from an aircraft with the intent to engage in combat, according to military references — the first and only during the war. He spent the next year fighting with and tending to the wounds of brothers.

“I’ll never forget the day they caught Saddam Hussein hiding in the hole,” Mosebach said in a recent phone interview from his home in West Palm Beach. “I was [in Iraq], and that night, all you could see was tracer rounds in the sky. To celebrate, the locals shot their AKs into the air. It was like the Fourth of July. It was incredible.”

Now back in the United States, Mosebach, 31, plans to tend the wounds of his brothers in a different way. He and his girlfriend, Kristen Creech, will walk nearly 3,000 miles to raise awareness and funds for veterans and military families. They’re starting their long trek on Saturday, Sept. 8, in Calais.

Partnered with the nonprofit Active Heroes, the couple will walk from Maine to Florida on the East Coast Greenway, a route made up of low-traffic roads and off-road multiuse trails. The supporting nonprofit calls the walk a “Hike for Heroes.”

“It’s not about us,” said Mosebach. “We want to make that perfectly clear. The main reason for this hike is to raise awareness for military families.”
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