Local park employee endures uncertainty in quest to get Ukraine family to safety

by Trish Rudder

Veronika (Nika) McCann has been living what she calls “a nightmare” since the Russians invaded Ukraine.

Ukrainian born, McCann, 28, works at Cacapon State Park.  She came to the U.S. on a work visa and is married and living in Martinsburg with her husband and two children.

Her parents and two sisters were living in the Hostomel, Irpin area about six miles from Kyiv when the bombings began in Ukraine on February…