There were “no major safety or security incidents” during a busy May weekend in Pittsburgh, which included the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, three Pittsburgh Pirates games, and Cinco de Mayo celebrations, Pittsburgh public safety officials said Monday.
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS, and Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire worked with local law enforcement and EMS agencies to keep the more than 35,000 marathon participants, as well as volunteers and spectators, safe during last weekend’s races, spokesperson Cara Cruz said.
Pittsburgh EMS took 25 patients from the marathon to local hospitals, mainly for hyperthermia and orthopedic injuries, Cruz said.
Medics also successfully resuscitated a male runner who experienced cardiac arrest on the street, Cruz said. The man, who public safety did not name, “was alert and talking to EMS crews on the way to the hospital.”
Most of the weekend activity was focused Downtown, and on the North Shore and South Side.
“I’m extremely proud of the coordinated effort by all of our public safety personnel to ensure that the marathon went off without a hitch, while making certain that emergency services to the entirety of the city were uninterrupted,” Public Safety Director Lee Schmidt said.
