# John Harbaugh sends emotional message to Rachel Apa’s family after tragic NYC Marathon death

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/john-harbaugh-sends-emotional-message-to-rachel-apas-family-after-tragic-nyc-marathon-death/
- Published: 2026-11-05T02:12:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T03:50:37+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/04/sports/john-harbaughs-message-to-rachel-apas-family-after-nyc-marathon-death/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- John Harbaugh sent condolences to Rachel Apa’s family.
- Apa died after collapsing near the marathon’s finish.
- She ran to support Parkinson’s research in her grandfather’s memory.

## Summary

New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh shared condolences with the family of Rachel Apa, a 24-year-old runner who died after collapsing near the end of the New York City Marathon. He said the team was thinking of her family and spoke of both their grief and the pride they might feel in her life.

Apa died from rhabdomyolysis, a rare muscular condition, after collapsing about two miles from the finish. A former Division I field hockey player at Bucknell, she was studying for an MBA at Charleston Southern University and ran to raise money for Parkinson’s research in honour of her grandfather, who died from the disease in 2022. Doctors treated her for six hours at Mount Sinai Hospital before she was pronounced dead.

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