A life in brief
A woman running the NYC marathon for charity dies 2 miles from the finish
Compiled Nov 3
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Rachel Apa, 24, of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, collapsed near the 24-mile mark of the New York City Marathon and later died.
- SundayRachel Apa, running her first marathon, collapsed near the 24-mile mark of the NYC Marathon.
- SundayA bystander and later event medical staff performed CPR and used a defibrillator on Apa.
- SundayParamedics took Apa to Mount Sinai Medical Center, where she arrived in critical condition.
- SundayDoctors at the hospital tried unsuccessfully for several hours to save her.
- TuesdayNews of Apa's death spread, and donations to her fundraising page exceeded her $4,000 goal.
- TuesdayBucknell University and USA Field Hockey publicly expressed condolences over her death.
“It's unfathomable.”