Visually-impaired St. Louis-area cyclists participate in ride commemorating 9-11

Christine Parsons and hundreds of other cyclists will create a memorial in motion when they commemorate the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a ride this weekend from New York City to the nation's capital.

The 280-mile trip will test all the riders. But Christine, 15, of House Springs, a sophomore at Northwest High School in Jefferson County, faces another challenge.

Christine is part of an eight-member team from the Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments in St. Louis. She is one of four visually impaired cyclists who will ride behind sighted pilots on tandem bikes.