Pregnant mother: Security camera footage shows
Legesse arriving at the restaurant and sitting down before moments later
keeling over
Hamden Fire Chief David Berardesca says CPR efforts in the restaurant and ambulance allowed doctors to save the baby.
The Courant is reporting the young mother died of a massive heart attack, though no autopsy has been performed.
A friend, Fatima Sene, said the athlete had heart problems which were the cause of her retirement from sport.
Sene told WFSB that the marathon runner was so careful during her pregnancy that she drank nothing but water and ate extremely healthily.
Homesick: Legesse hadn't been back to Ethipia in nine years and was planning a visit after the birth of her daughter
'She always tried to eat healthy and she always makes sure her son eats good,' she said. 'I just don’t know what to say.'
WFSB
reports Legesse had not been back to Ethiopia in nine years and was
waiting for the birth of her second child so she could finally visit.
'She
was so excited,' Sene told WFSB about Legesse's pregnancy. 'When she
found out she was going to have a girl, she called me.'
Happy: Legesse had been excitedly awaiting the birth of her first daughter when she died on Monday
'She wanted to see her mother, so I want to get her home,' Sene said. 'I want to make sure she goes home.'
'It is very sad. She was a very good person,' Sene the Star Tribune. 'She would do anything for anybody. And she loved that little boy she left behind.'
Sene said that Legesse's two-year-old son and the newborn baby are with their father.
According
to the Star Tribune, the state medical examiner's office has declined
to perform an autopsy, citing Legesse's past health problems.
Arrangements are being made to transport Legesse's body to Ethiopia for burial.
Legesse
ran the 1,500 meters at the Athens Olympics in 2004. She finished 12th
in a first-round heat with a time of 4:18:03 and didn't advance to the
medal race. She moved on to a professional running career in the U.S.,
competing in events including the Boston Indoor Games, Fifth Avenue Mile
in Manhattan and the Millrose Games in New York. She apparently hadn't
raced within the past few years.
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