Hey, this is Stephen Jackson, one of the Curious City producers.

Today we're back with another episode of Life Interrupted, personal dispatches from everyday folks living through COVID-19.

Think of them as little sonic lifelines during this strange, strange time.

In this second installment, we meet Susie and Bob Pashir, proud parents of an ICU nurse on the front line of the pandemic.

At an early age, we recognize something special in Haley.

She has a big heart. She's very determined. And she decided she wanted to go

ahead and pursue nursing and give that a go. She started in the level one trauma center where,

you know, she would meet the helicopters coming in from accidents. She seemed to be happier with

sicker people, if I can say that.

She really likes those challenges.

Just to give you a little insight into maybe her personality, talk to a really good friend of

ours who's known Haley her entire life.

She said, how's Haley doing?

And I said, well, I said most of her patients now are COVID patients.

She said, I knew she'd be in the thick of it.

I knew she'd be in the thick of it.

I was kind of thinking, this must be the way parents feel when their children sign up for the armed forces.

I mean, I know that it's not the same, but she wanted to go where she was needed.

What I worry about most with her is the psychological impact of it.

She said every day in treating these patients, it's like Russian roulette.

The nurses can't even touch their skin without patients being draped and gowned and masked.

And she has talked about the fact that she has helped several of her patients

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