Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

WQQQ, 103.3 FM Sharon, Connecticut, will be off air from 6/12 - 6/18 from 8am to 8pm for tower work.

On a flight home, a stranger helped her understand what came next

NPR

Published June 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM EDT

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Bluesky

Rebecca Simonitsch had just learned she might be a candidate for brain surgery. The man seated beside her on the flight home pulled out a notebook to explain what lay ahead.