Detroit Marathon deaths resonate with Chicagoans

The last death at the Detroit Marathon was in 1994 when a 42-year-old man died of a heart attack, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Rick Brown (65), Jon Fenlon (26), and Daniel Langdon (36) collapsed, Brown and Langdon during the event and Fenlon shortly after finishing.

Chicago Twitter users, like others in the region and across the nation, are shocked by the tragedy and passing along their sympathies.

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   insanemo R.I.P always sad to hear news like this RT @krzimmer: OMG Three men died running in the Detroit Marathon this morning?! http://bit.ly/3gypAV 18 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   fishyillini RT @krzimmer OMG Three men died running in the Detroit Marathon this morning?! http://bit.ly/3gypAV Wow. 18 Oct 2009 from web
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   welense No one was shot during the Detroit marathon. Unfortunately, 3 people really did die though RT @ChuckGoudie, @freep http://bit.ly/45Fc89 18 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   Brent_Hill Hearing some sad reports from the Detroit Marathon today, as 3 runners died. http://tinyurl.com/yjw7kx9 19 Oct 2009 from web
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   ChicagoPR Tragic: 3 runners die in Detroit Half Marathon http://bit.ly/jDGAy 19 Oct 2009 from web
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   DaveDoinWork There people died today at the Detroit marathon. It's so cold in the D... 19 Oct 2009 from web
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   SushmaRaju How did 3 people manage to die within 20 minutes of each other at the Detroit marathon? 19 Oct 2009 from Tweetie
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   MarkBennardo Three different people collapse and die during the Detroit half-marathon. Early reports say all were cardiac arrest. So sad. 19 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck