{"id":286780,"date":"2018-10-17T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T20:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=286780"},"modified":"2018-10-17T06:00:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T20:00:57","slug":"13th-united-plane-pull-unites-guam-in-fight-against-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/13th-united-plane-pull-unites-guam-in-fight-against-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"13th United Plane Pull unites Guam in fight against cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-286780 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/13th-united-plane-pull-unites-guam-in-fight-against-cancer\/united-pix1-3\/'>United pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286782'>\n\t\t\t\tBank of Guam\/Team IFIT wins in the co-ed division of the 13th\u00a0Annual United Plane Pull \u201cTowing the Line to Save Lives\u201d last Oct. 13, 2018. (United Airlines)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/13th-united-plane-pull-unites-guam-in-fight-against-cancer\/united-pix2-4\/'>United pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286783'>\n\t\t\t\tLeo Palace\/Team Chikara won the men\u2019s division of the 13th\u00a0Annual United Plane Pull \u201cTowing the Line to Save Lives\u201d last Oct. 13, 2018. (United Airlines)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/13th-united-plane-pull-unites-guam-in-fight-against-cancer\/united-pix3\/'>United pix3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286784'>\n\t\t\t\tCTSI\/TanHoldings Corp. participates in the 13th\u00a0Annual United Plane Pull \u201cTowing the Line to Save Lives\u201d last Oct. 13, 2018. (United Airlines)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>GUAM<\/strong>\u2014United Airlines announced yesterday the winners of its 13th\u00a0Annual United Plane Pull \u201cTowing the Line to Save Lives\u201d on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, at the United hangar in Tiyan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forty teams registered. This year\u2019s event raised close to $25,000, which directly and equally benefitted the American Cancer Society and Guam Cancer Care. <\/p>\n<p>The annual Plane Pull event, which is organized and sponsored by United employees, has attracted more than 11,000 participants throughout the past 13 years and has raised more than $340,000 for local charities.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Shinohara, United\u2019s managing director of airport operations Asia\/Pacific said, \u201cThe Plane Pull brings the best of our community together to raise funds for the fight against cancer. I\u2019d like to thank each of the 40 teams who came out strong in support of our Cancer Warriors and Survivors, American Cancer Society and Guam Cancer Care. Four teams\u2014GTA, Docomo Pacific, TanHoldings and Dewitt\u2014have supported the Plane Pull event for all 13 years. The Plane Pull continues to grow through the generosity and commitment of our island community and the nearly 1,000 United employees who organize this incredible event.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Teams of 25 members each competed to pull a United Boeing 737 aircraft\u2014129 feet long, 41 feet high and 124 feet wide, weighing a total of 141,000 lbs\u201412 feet in the fastest time. Two teams claimed the title of 2018 United Plane Pull champion.\u00a0Leo Palace\/Team Chikara won the men\u2019s division\u00a0and\u00a0Bank of Guam\/Team IFIT took the win in the co-ed division. The Westin Resort Guam\/Team Westin earned the 2018 Team Spirit Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been in this community for 50 years, and we have seen the how this disease devastates families. Plane Pull is the epitome of community: teams cheer on those who are fighting and surviving this disease, remember those who we lost to cancer, and help other teams to be successful as they tow the line,\u201d Shinohara added. \u201cUnited is proud to be a part of this generous community that places great value in supporting the American Cancer Society\u2019s search for a cure and Guam Cancer Care\u2019s programs that help local families.\u201d <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WINNERS\u2019 LIST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Results for the Men\u2019s Division<br \/>\n<strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0Leo Palace\/Team Chikara\u00a0with a time of\u00a06.15\u00a0seconds<br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0Tristar Terminals Guam. Inc.\/Team Terminalators\u00a0with a time of\u00a06.30\u00a0seconds<br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place<\/strong>:\u00a0CTSI Logistics, Inc.\/Tan Holdings Team with a time of 6.38 seconds\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Results for the Co-Ed Division<br \/>\n<strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0Bank of Guam\/Team IFIT\u00a0with a time of\u00a05.80\u00a0seconds\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0GTA\/Team Ha\u2019la\u00a0with a time of\u00a05.81\u00a0seconds<br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0The Giving Tree Preschools\/Team #TGT\u00a0with a time of\u00a06.04\u00a0seconds<br \/>\n<strong>2018 Team Spirit Award Winner<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Westin Resort Guam\/Team Westin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUAM\u2014United Airlines announced yesterday the winners of its 13th\u00a0Annual United Plane Pull \u201cTowing the Line&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":286782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[12138,1451,12139,23007],"class_list":["post-286780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pacific","tag-american-cancer-society","tag-asia-pacific","tag-guam-cancer-care","tag-united-plane-pull"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}