In a series of essays called The Distance, Thomas Lake is telling the stories of Americans living through the pandemic. "I'm very scared," a nurse named Letha Love told me on the phone from a hotel in Manhattan, shortly before leaving for another overnight shift treating coronavirus patients at a Coney Island hospital. But I'm scared. I'm very scared. "This is the highlight of my nursing career," Southerland told her 16-year-old daughter, who also wants to be a nurse.

Source: CNN April 02, 2020 12:11 UTC