SCRANTON, United States (AP) — Endurance athlete Corey Cappelloni once ran six days through the Sahara Desert in what's considered the most grueling foot race on Earth.
Cappelloni spent seven days covering the distance from his home in Washington, DC, to the nursing home where 98-year-old Ruth Andres lives in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, arriving June 19 to cheers, flags and purple balloons, her favourite colour.
“Nana, you're a strong person,” Cappelloni said into a cellphone and microphone, as a nurse held up the other end of the line to Andres.
It also aimed to raise awareness about residents and caregivers in such facilities, many of which have been hit hard by the coronavirus, and to honour the lives lost, including Cappelloni's great-uncle Charles Gloman, who died May 11.
“She had some very rough days,” Cappelloni said that day in a video he posted online.
