Two die during Raleigh's first Rock 'n' Roll Marathon

Name: Two die during Raleigh's first Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
Uploaded: 2014-04-13T23:09:21.000Z
Duration: 3 min 30 s
Description: The deaths darkened an otherwise successful event that drew more than 12,500 registered runners 49 states and a number of foreign countries.

The deaths darkened an otherwise successful event that drew more than 12,500 registered runners 49 states and a number of foreign countries.

Posted 4/13/2014, 11:09:21 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:50:00 PM

>> WHY TWO MENS ARE NOW CHARGED

IN THE CASE.

WE BEGIN WITH THE END OF THE

ROCK 'N' ROLL MARATHON.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M KEN.

>> TWO MEN IN THEIR 30s DIED.

ONE COLLAPSED JUST BEFORE THE

FINISH LINE.

WRAL HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS

STORY SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING.

BRIAN NOW JOINS US WITH THE

REACTIONS.

>> THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN,

SETTING THEIR PACE, HERE ON

FAYETTEVILLE SLEET STREET, THESE

WERE RUNNERS ACHIEVING SOMETHING

GREAT.

IT CAUSED GREAT SADNESS FOR TWO

MEN WHO DID NOT.

>> 7:00 A.M.

THEY WERE OFF.

TEMPERATURE WAS THE MID-50s.

IT GOT WARMER, AND HILLIER.

9:30 A.M..

NEARLY 11 MILES IN.

A. AT THAT POINT YOU COULD SEE

THAT THERE WAS A MAN, AN

UNRESPONSIVE MAN AND HE WAS

INCUBATED.

HE DIDN'T LOOK GOOD.

>> Reporter: BRENDA KEPT RUNNING

AS OFFICERS DIRECTED EVERYONE TO

THE SIDEWALK.

>> YOUR BRAIN CAN'T WRAP AROUND

IT.

>> Reporter: 9:45, SHE ALSO

PASSED ANOTHER MAN WITH A SWARM

OF PAIR MET MEDICS.

-- PARAMEDICS.

>> AT THAT POINT, I JUST PUT MY

HANDS OVER MY FACE.

I JUST FELT -- IT WAS VERY

EMOTIONAL.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY THAT

BOTH MEN WERE LOCAL AND YOUNG.

AGES 31 AND 53.

THEY HAVE NOT -- 35 -- THEY HAVE

NOT SAID WHAT CAUSED THEIR

DEATH.

THIS WAS PRETTY STRENUOUS.

>> Reporter: IT'S A DESCRIPTION

WE HEARD FROM OTHER RUNNERS AS

WELL.

EVERY OTHER MILE THEY HAD AID

STATIONS.

>> EVERYONE I TALKED TO WERE

CONCERNED.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

CAN I GET YOU WATER?

>>Reporter: THEY PROVIDED ICE,

AND COOL TOWELS IF NEEDED.

FOR NOW THERE'S NO ININDICATION

THAT THAT THE HILLS OR THE HEAT

HAD ANYTHING TO DO BRENDA SAID

IT WAS HOTTER THAN SHE TRAINED

FOR.

>> SOME SAID IT WAS TOO HOT, BUT

THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE CASE

IN THIS INCIDENT.

>> Reporter: THEY ISSUED A

WRITTEN STATEMENT THIS EVENING.

WE ARE GREATLY SADDENED AND OUR

PRAYERS GO OUT TO EACH OF THE

RUNNER'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

WE ASK THAT EVERYONE RESPECTS

THEIR PRIVACY.

THEY DO NOT WANT THE NAMES OF

THESE MEN RELEASED UNTIL THE

CAUSES OF THEIR DEATH IS

DETERMINED.

>> WE ALL FELT THAT LOSS.

BRYAN MIMS.

>>> EMERGENCY WORKERS SAW 29

WORKERS OUT OF 1200.

A COUPLE OF SPECTATORS WERE

TREATED.

A SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE ROCK