PITTSBURGH – Thousands of people participated Sunday in the 39th running of the Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race, and paramedics are being credited with saving the life of one of them.
Pittsburgh Police spokeswoman Sonya Toler said a runner went into cardiac arrest during the race and was revived by paramedics. The 53-year-old New Castle man collapsed shortly after 10 a.m. along the race route, near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Craig Street.
Toler said that within moments, three paramedics — two who were also runners and another two who were on motorcycles — were at the man’s side to perform CPR and use a defibrillator.
