Household and pals are mourning the lack of Joey Fecci.
The Nashville-based chef died whereas working a marathon April 27, organizers of the occasion confirmed on social media. He was 26.
He was discovered unresponsive, per the organizers, in the course of the St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Operating Collection. He acquired on-site medical consideration earlier than being transported to a close-by hospital, the place he died, in line with the occasion’s Fb web page.
Joey’s older brother Nick Fecci mentioned that they final noticed him alive at mile 18, the place they captured a video of him smiling and giving high-fives.
“We have been ready for him to come back across the closing stretch once we received the telephone name that might destroy our lives without end,” Nick shared in an announcement, per Nashville’s NBC affiliate WSMV. “We’ll by no means comprehend how one thing like this might occur. We’ll by no means perceive why the brightest gentle in all of our lives was taken from us so horrifically and inexplicably.”
