Pandemic Brothers
When I first read this story, I was flabbergasted. Such incredibly impossible odds for something like this to ever happen.
But it did to Philip and Samuel.
A World War II veteran died of coronavirus, a century after his twin brother died of what was then known as the Spanish flu.
Philip Kahn, who resided in Long Island, New York, served as a sergeant in the Air Force during World War II and co-piloted key missions during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He died at the age of 100 on April 17.
He and his twin brother Samuel, according to CNN, were born on Dec. 5, 1919. Samuel died just weeks later from the influenza pandemic, which infected one-third of the world’s population, about 500 million people, and killed 675,000 in the United States.
More on Philip's incredible life story:
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
p.s. When reviewing another web link on Philip Kahn's life, I came across this one -- same story, different set of twins!
