NEW YORK—Watching her mother suffer from Alzheimer’s spurred Indra Echeverri into action. The physical education teacher at Westside High is one of 77 runners nationwide who run marathons to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s.
“One of the things that would have made everything more easy for me was if I had been more aware of how Alzheimer’s really is,” said Echeverri, who is currently training for the New York Marathon in November.
Charles F. Tang, 87, of Chinatown cared for his wife for five years before she passed away. He recalled 2003/4 when he discovered his wife had Alzheimer’s. “Suddenly she was so weird,” he said. Tang said it was initially difficult to find information. Eventually, he went to the Alzheimer’s Association New York chapter and attended educational meetings.
