A memorial walk was held in York County on Sunday to honor Rachel Apa, a 24-year-old woman who died after collapsing during the New York City Marathon. Apa, a graduate of Red Land High School in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, was remembered by more than a hundred community members who gathered to walk two miles, finishing the distance she could not complete in the marathon.
Apa collapsed about two miles from the finish line and was taken to a hospital, where she later died. Her family attributed her death to rhabdomyolysis, a rare condition that causes muscle breakdown, as reported by WGAL News 8.
The community walk took place at Apa’s former high school, where she was a field hockey player. “We thought it would be really important to come out here today, support her and her family and finish what she was unfortunately not able to complete,” said Isabella Hockenberry, a senior and field hockey player at Red Land, according to Local 21 News…