New York Marathon cancelled for the first time in its history as Sandy chaos continues
The decision was welcomed by New Yorkers who had organised a social media
campaign asking officials to scrap the event, saying it would be in poor
taste while people were still suffering in the wake of Sandy. There were
also safety concerns, amid fears that police resources might be stretched.
However, thousands of runners who have spent months training for the event,
like Teri Butler from Houston in Texas, have been left disappointed: "We
spent thousands of dollars to bring our family here, paid for hotel rooms,
airline tickets. Cancel it before we come.
"Cancel it two days ago when everyone had an opportunity to not spend all that
money. We understand and we're so sorry for the people who've suffered and a
natural disaster is a terrible thing but we can't change that. So let us
run, and we were donating so much to the cause. We were helping people
through our running."
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