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101-year-old woman born on a ship during the 1918 flu pandemic just beat coronavirus

by FarahR

Angelina Friedman is a “superhuman” centenarian. After escaping the 1918 Spanish Flu and overcoming miscarriages, cancer, internal bleeding, sepsis, and miscarriages throughout her incredible life, the 101-year-old woman just defeated COVID-19. Angelina Sciales (now Friedman) was born in 1918 during the second wave of the Spanish Flu. It’s not believed that the newborn contracted the … Read more

Grandfather who survived Spanish Flu, Great Depression, and WW2 beats coronavirus

by FarahR

To say that this grandfather has been through a lot in his long life is an understatement. At 107 years old, Rudolph ‘Rudi’ Heider of Chesterfield, Missouri, has lived through the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression, the Second World War, and most recently, the coronavirus. After weeks of battling the deadly virus while quarantined at … Read more