title: Trailer
author: We Were Three
contenttype: podcast
publication: We Were Three
published: 2022-10-11T22:00:00-04:00
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Last fall Rachel McKibben's got a message from her brother Peter at about midnight My brother sent me a text That said I've been too distraught To tell you but dad passed away today at 2.42 PM Because of a text Yeah, a text telling her that her father had been dead for hours She figured car accident. She knew he'd been driving a lot looking for work She called her brother. I said Peter. What is happening? What happened? And he explained that they had gone to a funeral and he said I never should have let dad go to the funeral with all those vaxed people Vaccinated people her brother believed that COVID vaccines weren't just dangerous for people who got the vaccine Vaccinated people were dangerous to be around if you were unvaccinated like him and his dad They lived together. They'd been living together for years On the phone with her brother Rachel learned that her father had been sick for over a week COVID Not only had Peter not told her about it He also hadn't taken their father to the hospital hadn't called 911 Then another thought hit her. I said Peter You've been his nurse this whole time How do you feel? And he said well, I mean we both probably got sick around the same time, but you know, I'm healthier than dad And I said Peter I can forgive you for not taking dad to the hospital. I can find forgiveness somewhere in me But I swear to you if you don't go to the ER right now I will not forgive you when you die He did go to the hospital But two days later he checked himself out against medical advice and lied to Rachel that he was getting better Peter died at home alone about two weeks after his father Rachel's entire family gone And she had no idea what had happened in the last couple months of their lives What had Peter been thinking as their father was fading away? And then as he himself was dying what had he been doing? And then Rachel made a discovery a record of Peter's final weeks and she found out exactly what happened From serial productions and the New York Times I'm Nancy updike. This is we were three a story about lives family America And what COVID revealed as well as what it destroyed So we're breaking up why you're a great fitness app, but I've forgotten about you What's your name again all pain some gain nine dollars a month right with my new big financial friend experience I can see my subscriptions right in the app and cancel all the ones I don't use anymore, but still pay for like you Wow, so goodbye more like good savings to change get started with the Experience app now results will vary not all subscriptions eligible savings not guaranteed paid membership will connect to payment account required see experience our comfort details