What My Dad’s September 11th Has Taught Me About Americans & COVID-19

Bridging the gap between differential experiences is hard but not impossible

In late August 2001, before smart phones and social media connected everyone to everything, my dad went on a short-term missions trip to a remote part of Haiti.

He was still there on September 11th, in the hills and far from a landline, television, or computer.

I was the first one to reach him on a scratchy connection.

He’d heard from locals that something…