Talking the talk and walking the walk for peace in world Lake Forest man setting out on 800-mile trek to World Trade Center site.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August, 2002 | by Krishnamurthy, Madhu

Byline: Madhu Krishnamurthy Daily Herald Staff Writer How long does it take to walk and run the more than 800 miles from Chicago to New York City? Lake Forest man Alhaji Yakubu hopes to do it in 30 days. The 42-year-old native of Ghana plans to leave Saturday on a mission to reach the hallowed ground where the World Trade Center collapsed Sept.

11. He plans to be there for the one-year anniversary of the attack, spreading a message of peace. Yakubu says he is not doing it just for Americans. "Sept. 11 affected the whole world," Yakubu, a Muslim, said. Not all who died at the World Trade Center that day were U.S. citizens, he said. "I'm doing it for the whole world, which should come together and be one and stop the violence," he said. Yakubu...