Medals for Jake

Local teacher's campaign honors fallen runner

Katie Jasionowski looks through the collection of medals, awards and other race paraphernalia, including her own bib from the Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon, collected by Jasionowski for the family of Jake Zeman, 35, of Columbia, S.C., who collapsed and died near the finish line of the Savannah Marathon last month. - photo by CHARLES CRAVEY/special

W Katie1 — Katie Jasionowski looks through the collection of medals, awards and other race paraphernalia, including her own bib from the Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon, collected by Jasionowski for the family of Jake Zeman, 35, of Columbia, S.C., who collapsed and died near the finish line of the Savannah Marathon last month. - photo by CHARLES CRAVEY/special

Katie Jasionowski, a prekindergarten teacher at Langston Chapel Elementary School, is on a quest for a family in need. Jasionowski participated in the Rock ’n’ Roll Savannah Marathon on Nov. 9 when tragedy struck. Jake Zeman, of Columbia, S.C., was one of the 18,500 runners in the marathon but fell dead near the finish line due to a mitral valve prolapse.

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