Seattle Woman, 90, Walks 6 Miles Through Snow For Vaccine

Fran Goldman, with Silas, her new great-grandson, walked 6 miles to get her COVID vaccine on Sunday. (courtesy of Ruth Goldman)

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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