Louisiana Couple Fighting Covid-19 Died Together Holding Hands in ICU

Louisiana Couple Fighting Covid-19 Died Together Holding Hands in ICU

Covid 19 has ripped many families apart -- taking lives and breaking hearts.news 1's cassie schirm spoke to one sulphur family who lost their mom and dad minutes apart from one another.

Its another final goodbye said through a phone... a goodbye tha's never easy this time it was to a mother and father who lost the fight but were together in the end."people do't realize how precious time is"time is something ashley briscoe wishes she had more of"even if it was just another 30 seconds i would be grateful for that."after her mother father and sister were all hospitalized for covid-19 a little over a week ago."they were all three and icu on ventilators right down the hall from each other."briscos sister got better but her parents pastor steven and barbara randolp's health took a turn for the worse."the ventilators were doing all the breathing for my mom and dad and other organs are starting to shut down"saturday she and her siblings had to say their final i love yous to their parents through their phones.

"they could hear us but they could't respond or anything."

"i's heartbreaking just the fact that yo're looking at them but you ca't do anything you ca't reach out to touch them or hold them or give them a kiss.

You feel helpless."but the couple married for 40 years was't alone... they had eachother.

"the doctors had them placed in the same room together at that point we were they were able to hold hands with each other and my mom passed first and then right after that my daddy passed"briscoe says tha's the one silver lining out of this tragedy."my dad always told me they did't want to be without each other.

""they fought hard till the end.

"it may be the end of a chapter... but a love story that will live forever."they taught us how to love they did everything together.

The epitome of a true love story" cassiebeiscoe and her family hope to have a memorial for the couple after the restrictions are lifted to finally get closure.

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