UST Professor Fernando Torres Dies a Day After Participating in a Marathon

Fernando Torres, a professor of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) died on Monday, April 24, 2015, a day after he participated in a marathon held in Pasay City.

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The death of the 42-year-old assistant professor at the College of Fine Arts and Design in UST was confirmed by his sister Carrie Torres who took to social media to lament her brother’s bereave.

According to a report published by GMA News Online, the late Torres suffered from arrhythmia and was confined at Manila Doctors’ Hospital before he passed away.

Earlier,  a netizen named Francine Aguirre reported seeing a man collapsing during the Earth Day Run (NatGeo Run) 2017 held at the SM Mall of Asia grounds on Sunday, April 23, 2017.

“Hindi ko po akalain na sa harapan ko pa babaksak ang isang runner na halos wala ng buhay… Di ko siya kilala pero dahil sa kapwa ko siya runner kaya tinulungan namin siya. 42k ang tinakbo niya and between 48 to 55 yrs old na siya,” the concerned netizen said in a post.

“Two lang kaming runner at pareho pa kaming babae… at isang mama na di runner ang tumulong para lang maiupo siya at matulungang huminga… Walang may alam sa amin sa first aid. Samantalang nadaanan ko ang mga ambulance na nakatambay lang,” the netizen added.

“Dapat sana kung may ambulance lang at nakabitan siya ng oxygen, malamang buhay pa siya. Almost 20 to 30 minutes na kami at umiiyak na ko kasi nakita ko na maputla na siya at nag-chi-chill ang dila,” the netizen said in a statement with GMA News Online.

“Nadaanan ko pa ang ambulance na mga nakatanga lang sa isang portion na dapat sana hindi sila tumitigil ng roving or checking sa route map hangga’t hindi pa tapos makatuntong ang lahat ng runners sa finish line,” she said.

“Dapat sana ginamitan na agad ng oxygen… na-revive pa siya, bumalik ang kulay niya pero bigla ulit namutla. Hanggang sa nakita ko siyang di na nagre-response at tirik na ang mata,” she continued.

“This battle is for this man. ‘Di ko siya kilala personally pero bilang kapwa ko siya runner, may pakialam ako at dapat may pakialam ang bawat runners especially organizers,” she exclaimed.

 

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