Local Girl Bikes 370 Miles To Raise Money To Fight Childhood Cancer

18-year-old Samantha Gilley will ride from Chattanooga to Memphis benefiting St. Jude Hospital.

Samantha has been fighting cancer since she was 6 weeks old and it has taken her eyesight.

 Gilley adds, "I know what's at the finish line. I know there's kids that will be smiling. I know there's doctors that never thought I could do it and still probably don't believe it's going to happen. But I know they're at the finish line and I'll show them. That's what I'm hanging on to."

The entire journey will take Samantha along highway 41, across Monteagle Mountain to Nashville, then on to Memphis.