After just one hour of sleep, I was jolted out of bed at 3:02 a.m. The walls bulged like a jiggling pudding that had been knocked over. 45 seconds, 18,000 dead, ten days of reporting for RTL—and a trauma that caught up with me again in Cappadocia in 2023. Right in the midst of it all, the most beautiful story of my life began. It’s amazing how much a stroke of fate can enrich your life.
