This was when Sarah Jane Anderson would add to the collective memory of a Philadelphia nightmare. Well, children …It was October 1918, and the raging flu epidemic had killed 18-month-old Augusta, but spared her twin, Eleanor. But Ms. Anderson had a plan: She knew an undertaker in northeast Philadelphia. She tucked the twins — one alive, one dead — in a baby carriage, left their rowhouse in Camden, N.J., and took the Delaware River ferry to Philadelphia. Six miles later, Ms. Anderson reached the undertaker; he accepted the tiny body.

Source: New York Times April 04, 2020 09:00 UTC