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Mayor Michael Bloomberg bowed to public pressure today and canceled Sunday's running of the 2012 ING New York Marathon.
Originally posted by Rezlooper
reply to post by vkey08
Or hospitals and schools
Originally posted by PsykoOps
Runners who are in the area could still lend a helping hand I guess.
Originally posted by signalfire
Geez, finally a little sanity. 30,000 runners, and no hotel rooms??? The hoteliers were going to have to decide between honoring long term reservations or kicking out refugees.
I hope all the marathoners who, like idiots, got on a plane and flew to a city two days after a major disaster expecting their little ego show to go on will do the right thing and offer to help out while they're there.
Originally posted by PsykoOps
I'd say it would be pretty crazy to ignore the damage done and just go ahead with fun and games.
Originally posted by Domo1
reply to post by Annee
Good point. I think this could turn in to a win win win though. A win for anyone sponsoring a runner that requests they help out instead (good publicity), a win for the runners that get to do something more meaningful than running, and a win for those that are in need of help.