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(Tribune News Service) Lisa Crutch is an Army veteran. And she could use a vacation. But she s nervous about walking through an airport or sitting on a plane. Two of her kids are flight attendants and tell her, But Mom, everybody s flying. It s not that easy. The 54-year-old hasn t liked crowds and tight spaces since she returned from serving in Iraq more than a decade ago. The pandemic, she said, has just enhanced it. While adjusting to life in the time of COVID hasn t been easy for the retired sergeant, she s managed. You never know how important things are until they re taken away from you . but you know, the Army always teaches us to adapt and overcome, Crutch said.
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Jan 27, 2021
Army veteran Sergio Alfaro is shown in this undated photo. He said COVID-19 has reignited his PTSD symptoms. Now I have that sense of danger creeping back into my life again, he said. Photo providedArmy veteran Sergio Alfaro of Chicago used to walk down the street terrified anyone he passed might try to hurt him. The former combat medic has battled PTSD for years since coming home from Iraq.
Alfaro, 38, was in a much better place at the start of 2020, but he said the pandemic has caused some of that progress to unravel. Now I have that sense of danger creeping back into my life again, he said. I have to worry if the person standing next to me has COVID. Is that something I m going to catch? Am I also going to be putting my family s lives at risk as well?