We
have
some
sad
news
to
report
out
of
California,
where
a
young
Biglaw
associate
recently
passed
away
after
completing
the
Disneyland
Halloween
Half
Marathon.
Bobby
Caleb
Graves,
35,
a
graduate
of
Georgetown
Law,
was
an
associate
in
the
Los
Angeles
office
of
Wilson
Sonsini
Goodrich
&
Rosati.
A
Disney
enthusiast
and
long-distance
runner,
Graves
documented
his
journey
on
TikTok,
and
worried
about
the
scorching
heat,
posted
a
video
the
day
before
the
event
where
he
said,
“I
really
hope
I
get
through
the
race
tomorrow
morning.”
On
the
day
of
the
race,
Graves
experienced
a
cardiac
event,
just
after
crossing
the
finish
line.
PEOPLE
has
additional
details
on
Graves’s
untimely
death:
Anaheim
Police
Sgt.
Matt
Sutter
confirms
to
PEOPLE
that
…
Graves
…
collapsed
just
after
crossing
the
race’s
finish
line,
which
took
place
early
in
the
morning
amid
a
record,
triple-digit
heatwave
in
Southern
California.
…Sutter
adds:
“As
soon
as
he
crossed
the
finish
line,
he
started
grabbing
his
chest.
One
of
the
workers
noticed
and
ran
up
to
him
and
caught
him
before
he
collapsed.”
…Sutter
adds
that
medics
“noticed
he
went
into
cardiac
arrest,
performed
life-saving
measures
and
transported
him
right
away
to
the
hospital.”“They
worked
on
him
for
an
hour,
but
he
was
pronounced
deceased
at
the
hospital,”
Sutter
tells
PEOPLE.
Per
CNN,
Disneyland
Resort
spokesperson
Jessica
Good
offered
the
following
statement
on
Graves’s
death:
“We
are
deeply
saddened
by
this
tragic
loss….”
We
here
at
Above
the
Law
extend
our
condolences
to
Caleb
Graves’s
family,
friends,
and
colleagues
during
this
difficult
time.
TikToker,
35,
Posts
Haunting
Final
Videos
Days
Before
Collapsing
and
Dying
at
Disney
Half
Marathon
[PEOPLE]
TikToker’s
death
after
running
scorching
Disneyland
half
marathon
comes
as
heat-related
fatalities
soar
in
US
[CNN]
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