A morning run by 75 recruits turns into horror: ‘It looked like an airplane wreck’
A morning run by 75 recruits turns into horror: ‘It looked like an airplane wreck’
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A woman describes how a pack of young men were “running around” in their white sneakers in the darkness near the end of a 10-mile run in San Antonio, Texas, on Feb. 29, 2019.
A woman describes how a pack of young men were “running around” in their white sneakers in the darkness near the end of a 10-mile run in San Antonio, Texas, on Feb. 29, 2019.
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By 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 29, 2019, the temperature was in the low 70s and the sky was clear.
By 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 29, 2019, the temperature was in the low 70s and the sky was clear.
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A woman says she woke up in a pool at a YMCA after a morning run on Feb. 29, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas.
A woman says she woke up in a pool at a YMCA after a morning run on Feb. 29, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas.
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SAN ANTONIO — A group of Texas high schoolers ran 10 miles every morning under sunny skies.
They were in their white sneakers, just like everyone else, in a race to prove that they could keep up with their peers at the high school track.
One by one, they collapsed.
A woman who was running with students at St. Philip’s Catholic High School in San Antonio tells her story in an interview that was published Sunday by The San Antonio Current.
“It looked like an airplane wreck,” she said, speaking through tears. “It wasn’t just one kid. There were 20 of them collapsing in the middle of the run
