Lindsay Doherty, 36, tragically died after running in the Scranton Half Marathon.
We ask for your prayers tonight for the family of Lindsay Doherty of Lackawanna County. Lindsay tragically passed away today after finishing the Scranton Half Marathon. She was only 36.
Posted by Steamtown Marathon on Sunday, April 2, 2017
According to the Morning Call, two emergency room physicians were at the race and attempted to revive Doherty. The woman was then taken by ambulance to the Geisinger Community Medical Center.
The Lackawanna County Coroner said that Doherty “had every shot in the world.”
“She had every shot in the world. The resuscitation was heroic. It just didn’t work, unfortunately,” Timothy Rowland said.
Lindsay Doherty, who passed away Sunday after running Scranton Half Marathon, remembered for boundless energy. https://t.co/6pxGEUyeET pic.twitter.com/3UCDXHRw0L
— Jeff Horvath (@jhorvathTT) April 4, 2017
Rowland described the hemorrhage as a rare condition.
Doherty died in the emergency room.
Friends, family and neighbors are mourning Doherty’s loss.
"Disbelief, at first, 36 years old, you just don't think it can happen. As people started talking about it a little bit more, it started to hit home a little bit more. It's sad, just sad that it's in the community," a local, Mark Seitzinger of the Green Ridge Neighborhood Association, told WNEP.
Doherty is survived by her husband James and their three young children.
Friends, here is the obituary for Lindsay. It contains information about a memorial fund that has been created in her...
Posted by Steamtown Marathon on Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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