Cindy Lange-Kubick: 'It was humbling. And it was heart-wrenching' From the The cost of COVID: Remembering lives lost in Southeast Nebraska series CINDY LANGE-KUBICK Column Apr 17, 2021 Apr 17, 2021 Updated Nov 9, 2021 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save kAmx’G6 HC:EE6? 5@K6?D @7 @3:EF2C:6D :? >J J62CD 2D 2 C6A@CE6C[ 3FE x’G6 ?6G6C HC:EE6? @?6 2 52J[ 52J 27E6C 52J]k^AmkAm%96 H2J x 5:5 7@C E9C66 H66<D E9:D DAC:?8[ 7:?5:?8 2?5 E96? E2=<:?8 E@ E96 72>:=:6D @7 `d }63C2D<2?D — 7C@> :? 2?5 2C@F?5 {2?42DE6C r@F?EJ — H9@ =@DE E96:C =:G6D E@ r~'xs\`h]k^AmkAm%9@D6 DE@C:6D[ 2=@?8 H:E9 DE@C:6D D92C65 3J >J 76==@H C6A@CE6CD[ 2C6 :? E@52J’D A2A6C — 2 E@E2= @7 ab >6? 2?5 H@>6?[ C2?8:?8 :? 286 7C@> aa E@ hd]k^Am kAmp 5C@A :? 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