In what comes as a tale that's gritty and heartwarming at the same time, a 90-year-old woman from Seattle walked six miles in the snow to get her first Covid-19 vaccine appointment. The Seattle Times dished out the senior citizen's story for the world to see. The woman from Seattle’s Sand Point neighborhood would ring the Washington state Department of Health every morning with hopes of getting something but in her words: "Nada. Nothing. Every day."

There was enough support pouring in for Goldman with her daughter, Ruth, and a friend helping her find the medicine. The 90-year-old went online with the Seattle Children's Hospital that was administering the vaccine and was asked to come in. "I couldn’t believe my eyes,” Goldman said. "I had to get my glasses to see if I was really seeing it."

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Going by her daughter's words, Goldman is a fighter.  "My mother isn’t going to let a little snow stop her from getting the vaccine,” Ruth explained. “She was willing to walk however many miles there and back to get it. She is a really remarkable person who has the attitude of 'You don’t let a little adversity get in your way'."

The woman made it just five minutes late to her appointment despite braving a snowstorm that was headed her way. "She’s someone who looks for solutions, not problems," her daughter added.

The report said she layered up, dressed in fleece points, pulled out her walking sticks, and headed out with her phone. Goldman is not without her share of health issues. She got a new hip last year and had to be doubly careful in her mission. "It was not easy going, it was challenging," she said. She also added the tracks had frozen over and covered under a lot of snow.

With this, Goldman was relieved as it meant she would be able to hold her great-grandson. She has five grandchildren and four kids. "I knew how far it was, I knew how long it would take me,” Goldman said. “Had it been shorter, I would have been happier. But I made it."

There was praise on social media for Goldman's effort. "Today’s kids would NEVER," read one of the comments. This was seconded by another who wrote: "'It was not easy going, it was challenging,' Fran Goldman Goldman is 90 and walked 6 miles in the snow for a COVID vaccine and this is what she says, she obviously does not know how awesome she is!"

"That's crazy why couldn't someone give her a ride to get the vaccine.miracle she doesn't have pneumonia or died of hyperthermia. But that's definitely determination," one user remarked.