New York City Marathon Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Sun, 04 Nov 2012 15:46:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg New York City Marathon Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 NYC Marathon Cancelled In Aftermath Of Superstorm Sandy https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/11/04/1-nyc-marathon-cancelled-due-to-superstorm-sandy/ Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:01:35 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=7946 Two days before this year’s New York City Marathon was to take place, it was cancelled.

The marathon is one of the largest in the world, with more than 47,500 runners, most of whom travel from out of town to the city for the 42.2-kilometre run.

The run was to have been held on Sunday.

New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg cancelled the event because New York was still trying to clean up after having been hit by a devastating storm.

Superstorm Sandy hit the Caribbean and the eastern coast of Canada and the United States last week.

It came onto land in New Jersey on the east coast of the U.S., on Monday, Oct. 29.

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