‘Forget everyone but not his wife’: man with memory loss walks 20km searching for spouse who died 2 years ago, touches hearts in China
- A Shanghai man who recently had a stroke was found by police searching for his wife, who had died two years ago
- A video of the elderly man’s wandering and interview with local police has gone viral on mainland social media
A video of an elderly Chinese man suffering from memory loss walking for 20km in search of his late wife, whom he believed was still alive, has touched a nerve on mainland social media.
The Shanghai man, surnamed Zhang, was found by police searching for his wife, who had died two years ago. He recently had a stroke which caused memory loss and delusions, and believed his wife had become lost on her way home, xinmin.cn reported.
A viral video on social media showed Zhang walking along a bicycle path and stopping to look around before continuing.
When local police found him on the street they were unable to understand what he was doing until an officer took him back to the local station and started to ask him questions.
“Who are you living with?” The officer asked.