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Why my Walk Across America must pause and why it's not ending anytime soon

Rooftop Revelations: I believe in the power of prayer the way I believe in breathing. I need it right now. Please pray for me

By Corey Brooks Fox News

Published March 24, 2026 10:00am EDT

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Tonight, my heart is heavy.

After over 190 days of walking across America through heat and cold, through towns and forgotten highways, through moments of extraordinary grace and moments of bone-deep exhaustion, the doctors have told me I must pause. Surgery on my heel is scheduled for March 30, and next Thursday, I must see a cardiologist as well.

I did not plan for this. I wanted to keep walking.

FROM NASHVILLE TO CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE, FATHERLESSNESS HAUNTS AMERICA

But I would be lying to you if I stood here and pretended I was not emotionally broken tonight. This journey has taken everything out of me on a physical, spiritual, and emotional level. Every reserve I had when I started this walk, I have spent. There is nothing left in the tank that I put there myself.

I know I will keep walking, because I keep thinking about the children on the South Side of Chicago for whom we are building a........

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