throwaway2037 19 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 12 hours ago

    Thank you.

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

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sizzle 17 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 4 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 15 hours ago

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

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ecshafer 4 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 38 minutes 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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