Survivor

100-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor recalls chaos during 1941 Japanese bombing Blogging Sole

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Bob Fernandez thought he would go dancing and see the world when he joined the United States Navy at age 17 in August 1941. Four months later, he found himself buffeted by explosions and passing ammunition to artillery crews so that his ship’s guns could return fire on bombing Japanese planes. Pearl Harbora naval base … Read more

Survivor stories: ‘Isolation, not coronavirus, was my worst nightmare’ Blogging Sole

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Survivor stories: ‘Isolation, not coronavirus, was my worst nightmare’ Blogging Sole

GILGIT: I lived my worst nightmare. It was not the coronavirus, but the prolonged treatment (read: observation) in isolation that made it a hellish experience. Imagine being confined to a small room with no social interaction for almost a month. Doctors and nurses were the only visitors, who also checked on me once or twice … Read more