Midnight Flights

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The year was 1980.

The president of the United States was Jimmy Carter, to be succeeded by Ronald Reagan later that year.

The first Soviet president was Mikhail Gorbachev.

The United States entered a boycott against the Soviet Union under their invasion of Afghanistan.

The same year Mt. St. Helen's erupts, is the same year two people of completely different backgrounds and upbringings are born.

One is born to American parents in the heart of a desert oasis, and the other is born to humble Soviet immigrants in one of the most highly trafficked cities on the east coast.

Natasha Sergeevich Semyonov, born September 19, 1980 to a shopkeeper and his wife.

Spencer Walter Reid, born October 28, 1980 to a lawyer and a professor.

When both were 10, both families were fractured in different ways.

When both were 12, both were on completely different educational standings.

When both were 18, their career paths were solidified.

And when both were 21, in the bright summer of 2002, they were on holiday in the same city, at vastly different points in their lives.

In fact, this would be their closest interaction prior to bumping paths in a library at age 26 on a cold winter's day in D.C.