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Twins Die in Pandemics -- a Century Apart
Twins Die in Pandemics —a Century Apart
'History repeats itself,' WWII veteran Philip Kahn liked to say
By Arden Dier, Newser Staff
Posted Apr 23, 2020 12:26 PM CDT
'History repeats itself,' WWII veteran Philip Kahn liked to say
By Arden Dier, Newser Staff
Posted Apr 23, 2020 12:26 PM CDT
That's Newser's click bait headline. Let's go to their source, rather than read the repackaged version of the story.
A 100-year-old World War II veteran who died from Covid-19 last week lost his twin brother to the 1918 influenza pandemic a century earlier.
Philip Kahn's grandson said he had been fearful of another pandemic happening in his lifetime.
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A 100-year-old WWII veteran died of Covid-19. His twin brother died 100 years earlier in the flu pandemic
By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, CNN
Updated 12:50 AM ET, Thu April 23, 2020
Philip Kahn of Long Island died April 17.
(CNN) -- A 100-year-old World War II veteran who died from Covid-19 lost a twin brother to the 1918 pandemic a century earlier, his grandson said.
Philip Kahn is the oldest veteran in Nassau County, New York, according to his family, and had been fearful of another pandemic happening in his lifetime, his grandson, Warren Zysman, told CNN.
"It was something he brought up quite frequently," Zysman said. "I would have conversations with him, he would say to me, 'I told you history repeats itself, 100 years is not that long of a period of time.'"
Kahn and his twin brother, Samuel, were born on December 5, 1919. His brother died weeks later, his grandson said.
The 1918 influenza pandemic, caused by a virus previously known as the "Spanish flu," killed and estimate of more than 50 million people globally and about 675,000 in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of April 22, there are more than 46,000 Covid-19 deaths in the United States and about 19,000 deaths in New York State, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally.
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By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, CNN
Updated 12:50 AM ET, Thu April 23, 2020
Philip Kahn of Long Island died April 17.
(CNN) -- A 100-year-old World War II veteran who died from Covid-19 lost a twin brother to the 1918 pandemic a century earlier, his grandson said.
Philip Kahn is the oldest veteran in Nassau County, New York, according to his family, and had been fearful of another pandemic happening in his lifetime, his grandson, Warren Zysman, told CNN.
"It was something he brought up quite frequently," Zysman said. "I would have conversations with him, he would say to me, 'I told you history repeats itself, 100 years is not that long of a period of time.'"
Kahn and his twin brother, Samuel, were born on December 5, 1919. His brother died weeks later, his grandson said.
The 1918 influenza pandemic, caused by a virus previously known as the "Spanish flu," killed and estimate of more than 50 million people globally and about 675,000 in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of April 22, there are more than 46,000 Covid-19 deaths in the United States and about 19,000 deaths in New York State, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally.
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