A rare winter storm that dumped a foot of snow on Seattle couldn�t keep a 90-year-old woman from her first appointment for the coronavirus vaccine.
The Seattle Times reports that Fran Goldman walked six miles to get her shot.
�I have been calling to get an appointment anywhere, every morning, every afternoon and often I�ve been online at night,� Goldman said.
She finally secured a slot for Sunday morning, but Friday and Saturday a strong winter storm moved through the region, turning the city�s normally rainy streets into a winter scene of snowdrifts.
Goldman dressed in fleece pants and a short-sleeved shirt so that the nurse could get to her arm easily. Over that, she layered a fleece zip-up, then a down coat, then a rain jacket.
She then put on snow boots, took out her walking sticks and ventured onto the snowy streets.
�It was not easy going, it was challenging,� she told the newspaper.
But Goldman made it to her appointment, just 5 minutes late.
Her daughter Ruth Goldman, who lives in Buffalo, New York, wasn�t surprised by her mother�s actions.
�We�re outside people,� she said. �We love being outside. I was out yesterday at Lake Ontario with a wind chill of 6 degrees.�
(AP)
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I once walked 6 miles in good weather, 50 years before my 90th birthday. I have not attempted it since then.
She has confirmed to reporters that she walked uphill, both ways, in the snow, barefoot.