FILE -- Runners make their way through Queens during the 2011 New York City Marathon in New York November 6, 2011. (credit: Getty Images)FILE -- Runners make their way through Queens during the 2011 New York City Marathon in New York November 6, 2011. (credit: Getty Images)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There will be runners from around the globe at this year’s TCS New York City Marathon, but none who registered are from the three West African nations plagued by the Ebola outbreak, race officials said.
Nevertheless, the deadly virus has very much been on the mind of marathon director Mary Wittenberg for several months, WCBS 880’s Marla Diamond reported.
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