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Long-time race starter “Airborne” Al Wilcox, 84, was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack Saturday, September 13 at his home in Trenton, New Jersey.

Wilcox, who has been starting WERA races since 1974, according to race official Roger Lyle, was treated at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, New Jersey, where he remains in the Intensive Care Unit following surgery.

Wilcox is expected to go home on Wednesday, September 17, according to Lyle.

Wilcox’s daughter, Julia Smeyers, told Lyle that those wishing to send cards and letters should do so to Wilcox’s home at 22 Vermont Street, Trenton, NJ, 08648-4537.