MONTEZUMA CREEK, San Juan County — Pete Sands was scrolling through Instagram Thursday night when he thought he saw a familiar face on the cover of Time.
"I thought, 'That guy looks like me!'" he said laughing, because it was a picture of the actor, activist and creator of Utah Navajo Health System'sCOVID-19 Relief program, which was honored as one of Time's Guardians of the Year. "It was definitely a shocker."
Sands and Utah Navajo Health System were honored along with other front-line health care workers and Dr. Anthony Fauci as Guardians of the Year — a feature that is part of the magazine's Person of the Year awards. Sands said he was flattered when a Time reporter called and just wanted to include them in the story.