In a series of essays called The Distance, Thomas Lake is telling the stories of Americans living through the pandemic. This essay is based on extensive phone interviews with Maria Andrade. When Maria Andrade thinks of her father, she keeps coming back to the same two regrets. "Hey, daughter," he would say on the phone, any old weekday after work, probably on the couch with a cold beer. He had a feeding tube in his nose and a breathing tube in his mouth.

Source: CNN June 09, 2020 10:17 UTC