The man was transported to a local hospital and had been released by Monday morning, race director Frankie Ruiz told the Miami Herald.īecause of privacy issues, Ruiz could not release the man’s identity. Suddenly, an emergency physician runner also stopped en route, and a police officer on the scene called for one of several fire-rescue vehicles stationed throughout the course.

“My brother checked his pulse and just as we noticed he stopped breathing I gave compression while he did mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.”ĭuring the second set of chest compressions, “he started breathing on his own,’’ Francisco said. “His eyes were open, but he was very pale and sweaty and he was not responding,’’ said Francisco, competing in his eighth Miami Half Marathon. The brothers immediately went to work in temperatures that hovered in the low-to-mid 70s, with gusty winds. But no one is complaining, especially the 41-year-old New York man whose life was saved by the quick-thinking brothers.Ībout a mile shy of the half-marathon finish in the courthouse vicinity of the course, the de Paz brothers watched as an extremely fit-looking man collapsed face first onto the side of the street.

firefighter rescues 10 struggling surfersĭe Paz, 49, and his brother George, 48, of Orlando, finished about 20 minutes slower than they normally would have Sunday during the 13.1-mile portion of the Life Time Miami Marathon and Half Marathon.

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