{"id":370474,"date":"2026-10-11T17:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370474\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T17:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:54:14","slug":"runner-to-honor-holocaust-survivor-grandfather-in-nyc-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370474\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner to honor Holocaust survivor grandfather in NYC Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK CITY (WABC) &#8212; The New York City Marathon is still more than three weeks away, but for one runner, the race is about much more than crossing the finish line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Jared Fiske will run in the Nov. 2 TCS New York City Marathon to raise money for Holocaust education, inspired by his grandfather, Holocaust survivor Mark Schonwetter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fiske said support for Holocaust education is deeply personal because it is part of his family&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Schonwetter was just 3 years old and living in Poland when Germany invaded during World War II. He later survived the Holocaust and has spent years sharing his story to help educate future generations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to Fiske, preserving and teaching those stories remains a priority for his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fiske&#8217;s fundraising efforts are aimed at supporting Holocaust education programs and helping ensure survivor stories continue to be shared widely and incorporated into school curricula.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The marathon will mark another way for Fiske to honor his grandfather&#8217;s legacy while raising awareness about the importance of Holocaust education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The TCS New York City Marathon is 22 days away.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY (WABC) &#8212; The New York City Marathon is still more than three weeks away, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[136707,128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-370474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-136707","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}