Monday, October 22, 2012
Associated Press
AKRON
A man who was brought back to life after faltering within the first two miles of a marathon race in Akron is back at home and thankful to be alive.
Tony Lindeman, a 46-year-old married father of two teenage girls and a councilman in the village of Doylestown, told the Akron Beacon Journal that he felt fine before the Sept. 29 race in downtown Akron.
Lindeman, who previously had run seven marathons, remembers his friends passing him by in the beginning, as they usually do, but can’t remember what happened as he was nearing the second mile-marker.
Surgical nurse and runner Heather Pariso says she’ll never forget it.
The 34-year-old from Coventry Township said that she saw Lindemen leave the street, run onto the sidewalk and collapse.
“I just thought he tripped on uneven pavement,” she said. “I went to him right away, but as soon as I got to him, I saw he hadn’t tripped.”
Lindeman was hospitalized for five days before his release earlier this month.