Rojo are you crazy? I guess thanks for not throwing me under the bus by referring to me as "nightly editor", but I have no problem with the way I phrased it.
First, let's get one thing straight. There is a huge difference between these two cases. DuChene's (the Canadian) life was never on the line. Worst case scenario she'll have chronic leg pain the rest of her life, but there was no way she was dying. She wasn't treated until midnight that day and she was fine.
Magut (the Kenyan) on the other hand was rushed away in an ambulance and had to receive immediate medical attention. There is a good chance if he didn't he could have died. That is a major distinction; one runner's life was in danger and the other's wasn't. It's pretty clear to even those who aren't medically trained that someone limping with leg pain is not dying while someone in Magut's situation could be in danger. With all the articles we've put up recently about runners dying in marathons I can't believe you're not recognizing that.
All that said, I'm fine with people debating whether or not Magut should have been stopped or not, it's not an easy call. When do you step in and stop someone if they want to continue? Did he want to continue or was he being pressured by those around him even though he wanted to stop? (It certainly seemed like that old dude on the bike was commanding him yelling, "Finish, finish, finish" even when Magut was lying on the ground.) How much left in the race was there? (I think someone might have said he still had over a 1000m while DuChene only had 500m.) I don't know the answer to these questions and they are crucial in deciding what should have been done.
Could he even communicate with those around him? You know that even if you speak English, runners from Kenya are not always easy to understand and this was Italy so who knows if there was a clear understanding between him and the officials. DuChene was in her home country and could clearly communicate to those around her that she was ok to keep going.
No matter what the circumstance was, his video was disturbing. I cringed as I watched it and was extremely worried for this guy. My comments on the homepage were in no way critical of him and I never even said straight out whether I thought he should have been stopped or not. I respect the hell out of him for trying to keep going and I don't envy the position the officials were in having to decide whether or not to stop him. But if I was the one making the call I would have stopped him after the first time he collapsed (1:42 into the video assuming that was the first time, he may have even fallen once before the video started). He shouldn't have been allowed to get up and keep going. His life is worth way more than the 600 euros or whatever that were on the line.