Participant of Singapore Bay Run dies at end of 21km run
By Susheel Kaur, Foo Siew Shyan and Margaret Perry, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 26 August 2007 1622 hrs
SINGAPORE: A participant of the Singapore Bay Run, also known as the SAFRA Sheares Bridge Run & Army Half Marathon, collapsed and died on Sunday morning.
25-year-old Captain Ho Si Qiu, a platoon commander at the Singapore Armed Forces Officer Cadet School, collapsed at 7am at the end of his 21-kilometre run.
from www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/296104/1/.html
normally when deaths like this happens, i would attribute it to it being your time on earth is up.
not for this case.
because the person who collapsed is a son of my mom's friend.
and i've heard my mom mention her before, during her diploma course.
suddenly hearing that her son died is like a smack in the face, something that happens so abruptly.
it hits me so hard.
25 years of age, just died, suddenly.
25 years of love and devotion on the part of the parents.
gone like that.
it seems its yesterday that my mom talked about her, her group work, her assignments which involved the deceased mother.
and her son was alive then.
now, its gone.
nothing can save him.
and i'll keep my eyes peeled for the medical cause of death.