Nicholas Andros

Nicholas Andros (b. 14 November, 1968 ) was a deaf-mute boy and one of the few survivors of "Captain Trips", a deadly strain of flu that was created by the government.

Early life
Nick Andros was born on 14 November, 1968 in Caslin, Nebraska to an independent farmer and his wife. Mr Andros owed three different banks and was constantly on the edge of losing his home and his family at the time of his wife's pregnancy; she was six months pregnant and he was taking her to see the doctor when a tie rod on his truck fell loose and they rolled into a ditch; he died of a heart attack.

Mrs Andros continued on with the farm until 1973, when larger companies took her farm from her. She wrote to some friends of hers and they got her a job at a bakery in Big Springs, Iowa; she died in 1977, however, when she was hit by a motorcycle whilst crossing the street. The Grace Baptist Church gave her a charity funeral and then sent Nick to the Children of Jesus Christ Orphanage in Des Moines, where a man called Rudy Sparkman came and taught him to read and write.

The orphanage went broke in 1984, and they placed as many kids as they could; Nick was not among them. He had wanted to go with Rudy to Africa with the Peace Corps, but was not allowed, and so ran away. He drifted around from place to place, taking odd jobs and trying to take high-school correspondence courses.