High temperatures did not translate into high casualties as the amateur runners in the 30th annual Los Angeles Marathon slogged through temperatures of 90 degrees by midday Sunday.
One runner was brought back to life after his heart stopped at mile 22, on San Vicente Boulevard near Montana Avenue in Brentwood. Paramedics were able to restart his heart, and took the 61-year-old man to a hospital, where he was last reported to be conscious.
As of 12:10 p.m., the joint marathon command post said 25 people had been taken to emergency rooms from the marathon course.
Another 42 runners had been given first aid along the route by paramedics from Los Angeles County and the cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, said spokeswoman Capt. Stacy Gerlich, of the city of LA.
Gerlich said the unusual heat had not caused unusual numbers of ill runners or spectators.
Los Angeles police said there were no law enforcement issues of any type as tens of thousands of people participated, as runners, volunteers, performers or spectators.
— City News Service