The Independent - News Woman who ran the New York Marathon for charity dies 2 miles from the finish A young Pennsylvania woman who ran the New York City Marathon for the first time to raise money for Parkinson's disease research collapsed a little more than two miles from the finish line and died later.

The Independent - News Woman who ran the New York Marathon for charity dies 2 miles from the finish A young Pennsylvania woman who ran the New York City Marathon for the first time to raise money for Parkinson's disease research collapsed a little more than two miles from the finish line and died later.