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'Jogging Joe' collapses during morning run

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 09/09/08

As he's done countless mornings before, "Jogging Joe" Shafran trotted down Jennifer Road on Saturday, stopping for a quick chat with the chief of West Annapolis Volunteer Fire Company.

Capital file photo "Jogging Joe" Shafran, exercise columnist for The Capital.
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His route then took him past the station's sign, which displays a smiling caricature of the local fitness personality. He jogged uphill, past a row of fuel pumps by the Jennifer Road Detention Center.

Then Mr. Shafran collapsed to the street.

Volunteer Chief Bobby Vice saw Mr. Shafran, 81, fall to the ground, said Battalion Chief Matthew Tobia, a county Fire Department spokesman. He jumped out of his vehicle and ran to...

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