That fall, an old friend reached out to my father through the underground communications network, dialling a number printed on a faded piece of plastic Dymo tape and speaking to him from a public phone booth.
—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
Unexpected communications blackouts are also a real possibility.
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