"We've been trying to do this flight for four years... We were ready to go in 2020, but ten days before launch COVID-19 broke out. In 2021 COVID canceled us a second time, and last year we were ready to depart and fly via Russia when the invasion of Ukraine occurred. So this flight has been a long time coming."
Source: Peter Teahen, a Cedar Rapids funeral home director, and John Ockenfels, the retired CEO of an Iowa City recycling concern, are flying around the world in support of Polio eradication...