https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/tags/neardeath/Recent content in neardeath on Birmingham DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSun, 19 Apr 2026 04:30:00 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/i-died-after-running-marathon-and-heard-paramedics-break-the-news-to-my-wife/Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:30:00 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/i-died-after-running-marathon-and-heard-paramedics-break-the-news-to-my-wife/Richard Green, a 62-year-old dad from the Midlands, experienced something most can only imagine: he was clinically dead for over four minutes after running the New York Marathon — and he overheard the paramedics telling his wife the devastating news. After training intensely for the marathon, Richard injured his heel and began taking painkillers. Unfortunately, an unintentional overdose caused him to collapse outside a paramedics’ tent shortly after completing the race on November 1, 2009.