Woman, 90, Walked Six Miles in the Snow for a Vaccine
Frances Goldman had struggled for weeks to book a coronavirus vaccination in Seattle. So when she got a Sunday appointment, she didn’t intend to miss it even if it meant braving the elements alone.
“I can remember back to when the polio vaccine was rolled out,” Frances H. Goldman said.Credit.Ruth Goldman, via Associated Press
Published Feb. 18, 2021Updated Feb. 20, 2021
To get her coronavirus vaccination last weekend, Frances H. Goldman, 90, went to an extraordinary length: six miles. On foot.
It was too snowy to drive at 8 a.m. on Sunday when Ms. Goldman took out her hiking poles, dusted off her snow boots and started out from her home in the Seattle neighborhood of View Ridge. She made her way to the Burke-Gilman Trail on the edge of the city, where she wended her way alongside a set of old railroad tracks, heading south. Then she traversed the residential streets of Laurelhurst to reach the Seattle Children’s Hos
Jacey Fortin, The New York Times
Published: 18 Feb 2021 08:58 PM BdST
Updated: 18 Feb 2021 08:58 PM BdST A woman stands in a crosswalk in heavy falling snow on Central Park West during a winter storm on the upper west side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, US, February 1, 2021. Reuters
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It was too snowy to drive at 8 a.m. Sunday when Goldman took out her hiking poles, dusted off her snow boots and started out from her home in the Seattle neighbourhood of View Ridge. She made her way to the Burke-Gilman Trail on the edge of the city, where she wended her way alongside a set of old railroad tracks, heading south. Then she traversed the residential streets of Laurelhurst to reach the Seattle Children’s Hospital.
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