Two brothers ran all the way from Parkland, Fla., to Washington, D.C., this month in support of the survivors of a deadly shooting at the school, who organized a massive march on the capital to push for increased gun control laws.

Isaiah and Jeremiah Godby wanted to lend their support to the movement after reports of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to Runners World.

“We had watched some videos of the survivors and the parents, and I just got so emotional,” Isaiah Godby told the magazine. “Something that we both do every day is try to walk in the shoes of others, and so we just felt their pain.”

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The Godbys, natives of Sacramento, Calif., bought a plane ticket to the south Florida town, and ran 1,060 miles to Washington, D.C., just in time for the march last week. The rally drew hundreds of thousands of students and parents to the capital in solidarity with the Parkland students, who lost 17 of their classmates and faculty.

Along the way, the brothers suffered setbacks, including a collision with a car on a bike they bought to help keep the pace. The East Coast run wasn't their first long-distance trek, as they previously ran across the entire country — 3,258 miles — to raise awareness for an alternative medicine called naturopathy, according to the California local media outlet Davis Enterprise.

Upon arriving in Washington, the brothers met with the student survivors who organized the "March for Our Lives." While the Parkland students were inspired by their journey, Isaiah Godby said he and his brother "were there because we were so inspired by them."