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Close Topic Options300 Chicago Marathoners Stricken By Heat, 1 Dead
- Movies, Music, Fashion, Sports - Posted: 8th Oct, 2007 - 1:53pm
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A Michigan police officer died and dozens of others needed medical care while running the Chicago Marathon as record heat and smothering humidity forced race organizers to shut down the course midway through the event
300 Chicago Marathoners Stricken By Heat, 1 Dead
My goodness! Could this have been avoided?
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| Chad Schieber, 35, collapsed Sunday while running on the city's South Side and was pronounced dead shortly before 1 p.m. at a hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. An autopsy on the Midland, Mich., man was scheduled for Monday. "Obviously very sad news, and our thoughts and prayers are with the individual's family," said Shawn Platt, senior vice president of LaSalle Bank, the marathon's sponsor. Schieber was a 12-year police veteran in Midland, a city of about 42,000 in central Lower Michigan. He worked as a field training officer and community relations officer and implemented the department's child DNA identification program, the Midland Daily News reported. At least 49 people were taken to hospitals, while another 250 were treated onsite, many for heat-related ailments. Chicago Fire Department officials said they used 30 ambulances from area suburbs. Three people were in critical condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital late Sunday, according to spokeswoman Jennifer Monasteri. |
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