akharris a day ago

Thanks for saying that.

Here's a bit more about him from the obituary my sister wrote: https://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/pnys1147090

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  • throwaway2037 21 hours ago

    This obituary is so well written that it could be a front page star on HN. I am not joking. Incredible. You dad was the like the good guy version of the Terminator -- unstoppable in all forms.

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    • akharris 15 hours ago

      Thank you.

      My sister is an incredible write and he was a perfect subject.

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  • sizzle 19 hours ago

    Sorry for your loss. He saved so many lives, what an incredible legacy he left on the world. He deserves to be celebrated widely. Please make a Wikipedia entry for his accomplishments?

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    • akharris 7 hours ago

      Thank you. I've only ever had bad luck creating Wikipedia entries, though it's been a while.

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  • croisillon 18 hours ago

    for people outside US: https://web.archive.org/web/20250415180024/https://www.north...

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  • ecshafer 6 hours ago

    > he recalled that when starting his residency at the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia in 1970, the survival rate for the sick children was only 30 percent

    Jesus, 30 percent survival rate of children. I couldn't image working in that kind of situation and not be emotionally destroyed.

    > Going from a 30 percent to an 80 percent cure rate, I'd say we are getting there

    Your father is a literal hero.

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    • akharris 3 hours ago

      Thank you.

      What I love about that quote is that he knew that, some day, the cure rate would go even higher.

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  • phonon a day ago

    Baruch dayan emes. He seemed like an extraordinary person.

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