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Bergen Native Pushed Quadriplegic Boyfriend Along Boston Marathon Route
"For years, running has been a way for me to relax, unwind, and take some time for myself," writes Old Tappan native Kaitlyn Kiely in Shape.com.
"It has a way of making me feel strong, empowered, free, and happy. But I never truly realized what it meant to me until I was faced with one of the greatest adversities of my life."
In 2016, her boyfriend of seven years, Matt Wetherbee, became paralyzed from the shoulders down during a basketball game.
Kiely promised him when he began intensive physical therapy that year that they would run the Boston Marathon together -- eve…
