Thomas Morris

In the autumn of 2001, a man named Thomas Morris, who had dedicated nearly three decades of his life to the postal service, began to feel unwell. At 55 years old, he and his wife Mary initially dismissed his symptoms as the flu. Morris worked at the Brentwood Post Office in Washington, D.C., a place he was a fixture at. The couple, who had married within 90 days of meeting, shared a life filled with simple joys, like late-night breakfasts after his shifts.

One morning, the flu-like sympto ...

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