{"id":280795,"date":"2025-10-06T02:45:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T02:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/280795\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T02:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T02:45:36","slug":"truck-pull-in-san-diego-helps-injured-service-members-cool-san-diego-sights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/280795\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck pull in San Diego helps injured service members. \u2013 Cool San Diego Sights!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_0085.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107181\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Today Alex \u201cTeddy\u201d Blanco pulled a 7,000 pound truck over 2 miles through Liberty Station in San Diego. His strenuous physical effort would raise money for the EOD Warrior Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>I happened to stumble upon this amazing 12th Annual Truck Pull as it progressed down Cushing Road. Teddy Blanco has been doing this every year!<\/p>\n<p>EOD stands for Explosive Ordnance Disposal. The <a href=\"https:\/\/eod-wf.org\/about\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EOD Warrior Foundation website<\/a> explains: EOD technicians are highly-trained military members serving in the Army, Marines, Navy, and Air Force who are responsible for disarming, rendering safe, and disposing of explosive hazards.<\/p>\n<p>The EOD Warrior Foundation (EODWF) serves the EOD community by providing financial assistance and support to Active-Duty, Guard, Reserve, Retired, and Veteran EOD technicians and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Additional info importantly explains: <strong>This event is to raise awareness and funds for injured service members and their families.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to help by making a donation, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-teddy-b-honor-eod-service-members-and-their-families?attribution_id=sl:be20bf37-180f-4d06-913b-a5e250661637&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1757104413&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this GoFundMe page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the organization, visit the EOD Warrior Foundation website by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/eod-wf.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. (You can find a donation button on their website, too.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_0087.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107187\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_0091.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107188\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_0093.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107190\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I post new blogs pretty often. If you like discovering new things, bookmark <a href=\"https:\/\/coolsandiegosights.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">coolsandiegosights.com<\/a> and swing on by occasionally!<\/p>\n<p>I live in downtown San Diego and love to walk around with my camera! You can follow Cool San Diego Sights via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/coolsandiegosights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/coolsandiego\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to share!<\/p>\n<p>\tPublished by<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" alt=\"Unknown's avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759718736_83_5b2d6b6be29fc24cc958582e0d105fb06200e2ef1d83ec2347498be341cf627c\"  class=\"avatar avatar-56\" height=\"56\" width=\"56\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRichard Schulte<\/p>\n<p class=\"author-bio\">\n\t\t\tDowntown San Diego has been my home for many years.  My online activities reflect my love for writing, blogging, walking and photography.\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/coolsandiegosights.com\/author\/walksmiles\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView all posts by Richard Schulte\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today Alex \u201cTeddy\u201d Blanco pulled a 7,000 pound truck over 2 miles through Liberty Station in San Diego.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":280796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-280795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-sandiego","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115324933180102191","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}