In China, a 92 year old woman with severe Alzheimer’s slipped out of her nursing home by casually climbing a 2.15 meter gate in just 24 seconds. She is about 1.6 meters tall, yet somehow turned into a real life escape artist while most of us get out of breath walking up the stairs.
Security cameras caught everything. This tiny elderly woman pulls herself up, swings a leg over, shuffles along the bars, and lands safely on the other side like it is just another Tuesday. Staff later found her nearby, safe, and only then checked the footage to see how she had managed to get out. What they saw was strangely beautiful. Alzheimer’s may have taken many of her memories, but it could not erase the physical instincts and spirit that shaped her life. Her body still remembered the joy of moving, the fun of climbing, the simple thrill of getting past a barrier.
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