CHARLOTTE — 2,500 people walked through Romare Bearden Park and the neighborhoods around Uptown today.
This was the American Heart Association’s Greater Charlotte Walk.
Employees from 110 different businesses joined heart disease and stroke survivors to raise money for the association.
The theme of this year’s walk was learning CPR, a key tool that could save someone’s life in a heart-related emergency.
“Go see a doctor. It’s the easiest thing to do. Or call 911 if it’s an emergency, and learn CPR. I advocate for CPR because I had dropped on the floor. I don’t know if there was someone around to save me,” said an attendee.
The American Heart Association estimates 350,000 people are impacted by sudden cardiac arrest every year.
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