WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Purdue junior Aaron Lai has begun his 100 mile walk from West Lafayette to Bloomington for Tyler Trent's fund. Lai left the Delta Chi house at 7 a.m. and will travel more than 11 hours to his first stop.

As of Sunday morning, Lai's GoFundMe account had $6,400 of his $10,000 goal raised. 

With a belly full of oatmeal and several layers of clothes, he’s off! @alai2016 just began his 100 mile walk from WL to Bloomington for @theTylerTrent. He will arrive Tuesday afternoon for @BoilerBall vs @IndianaMBB. Special report Tuesday on @WLFI. #TylerStrong #NeverGiveUpT2 pic.twitter.com/4VWssqec4b

— Trevor Peters (@TrevorPetersTV) February 17, 2019

Lai expects to arrive at Assembly Hall Tuesday afternoon for the Purdue vs. Indiana basketball game. He will make overnight stops in New Market and Cloverdale before his final stretch Tuesday. 

Lai didn't know Tyler, but said his story reminded him of his grandfather, who had lung cancer. 

News 18 will be following Lai throughout his two and a half day journey. You can watch the special report Tuesday on News 18 at 6 p.m.

Reinforcements have arrived! Brothers from @DeltaChiPurdue are rotating to meet @alai2016 every few hours with water, food and dry shoes. Four hours in and he’s already to Romney. Give him a honk or a wave if you’re driving US 231! @WLFI pic.twitter.com/7hlLlOhLJo

— Trevor Peters (@TrevorPetersTV) February 17, 2019

Aaron Lai, junior in social studies education, set out this AM for his walk to @IndianaUniv from @DeltaChiPurdue. He's walking to raise awareness and $ for the Tyler Trent Cancer Research Endowment. https://t.co/no8fcmDZb5 @LifeAtPurdue @PUCancerCenter #takegiantleaps @alai2016 pic.twitter.com/GMrisPogjr

— Purdue College of Education (@PurdueEDU) February 17, 2019