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Runner, 24, dies after collapsing 2 miles from NYC Marathon finish

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“Runner, 24, dies after collapsing 2 miles from NYC Marathon finish”

A 24-year-old runner died during Sunday’s New York City Marathon after collapsing near mile 24, just two miles shy of crossing the finish line. The NYPD confirmed the young woman experienced a medical episode around Central Park, where runners take the final miles of the 26.2-mile course. Medics rushed the woman to Mt. Sinai Hospital around 2 p.m., where she was pronounced dead several hours later. The New York Times identified the woman as Rachel Apa, a Pennsylvania native running her first…

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