Cyril Toullier is from Le Havre living in the United States. From Long Island near Manhattan, he tells us about his vision of the health crisis in Uncle Sam’s country, its consequences, but also his daily life, his successes, his discoveries, and his American dream.
It was in 1998 that our Havrais Cyril Toullier (who also has ties in the south of the Channel) set foot on American soil. For 22 years in the United States, he has had time to create his communication agency, to find love with Yvette, his partner, but also to better understand this country, and this city of New York crossed by crises for twenty years. At the time of Covid-19, he gives us his vision of things in the country most affected in the world by the coronavirus.
It reminds a little of the atmosphere after September 11
Even if the crisis is on the downward slope, the situation is still complicated. Containment has been extended to May 28, see early June in New York State. It is difficult in these conditions to “make America great again”, as President Donald Trump would say. But despite all this, we must count on the solidarity made in the USA.
Altruism is in high demand
The health crisis is one thing, but the economic consequences of the crisis are also to be feared in America, which does not experience partial unemployment. Education is also one of the most affected sectors at the moment, and the disparities are growing between those who can take video lessons at home, and those who are not.
There are children who are completely abandoned
In all this gloomy news, we must continue to be positive and reinvent ourselves. “And it’s in the old pots that we make the best soups“as the popular expression of our region says. This is why Cyril started gardening, and created his” Victory Garden “, a” Rican “concept that has proven itself. And always between two strokes of pickaxe, the “apple” for the thirst of Normandy.
I come home twice a year to see the family and pick apples in the family house
And before closing this interview at the end of the world (which has never been so close thanks to digital technology), Cyril returned to his choice of life at the gates of New York, a city that inspires dreams and an American philosopher of life who also has its advantages.
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