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When Philip Kahn was just weeks old, his twin brother passed away in the 1918 flu pandemic. As Kahn grew older, he frequently spoke of the possibility of another pandemic striking throughout his life time, grand son Warren Zysman tells CNN. Kahn, from Great Neck, NY, eventually passed away at his house on April 17, understanding he might have contracted the infection, though his favorable test outcome wasn’t returned up until after his death.
” Knowing that you had a twin that you eventually never was familiar with due to the fact that of a pandemic really impacted him,” granddaughter Corey Karlin-Zysman informs CBS New York. “He absolutely put 2 and 2 together and saw the paradox in this.” The worry he brought doesn’t seem to have actually held him back. The Flying force co-pilot flew missions in Japan, receiving 2 Bronze Battle Stars. He then became an electrical supervisor and helped build the World Trade Center. A military event was carried out, Zysman states the family wasn’t able to provide Kahn the big military funeral he wanted. However “one silver lining is that my grandfather will lastly have the chance to meet his twin brother,” he informs CBS. (These sis also passed away a century apart.)
