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Friday, 3 May 2024

Remembering the victims of COVID-19

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Remembering the victims of COVID-19
Remembering the victims of COVID-19

Over 33-thousand people have lost their lives to COVID-19, and 13 Action News wants to put faces to those numbers.

MorningAmerica.org is a website dedicated to honor the victims.

THIS MORNING -- WE WANT TO PUTTHE FACES TO THOSE NUMBERS!REPORTER CHRIS STEWART SHOWSYOU A WEBSITE DEDICATED TOHONOR THE VICTIMS.PKG FULL= 112 HE WAS THEKINDEST PERSON I KNEW AND NOTBECUASE HE WAS MY DAD JUSTBECAUSE HE WAS GENUINELY KIND109 STEVE EVANS 52-YEARS-OLD OFCASTLE ROCK, COLORADO 1:04 HEWAS A DYNAMIC PREACHER ANAWESOME MUSICIAN.HE IS JUST A GREAT GUY 1:12ALBERT BARBER 39 YEARS OLD OFDETROIT, MICHIGAN 1:52 HISLAUGHTER HIS SMILE HIS HEART .HE HAD THE BIGGEST HEART EVER.1;55 BEN HIRSCHMANN 24YEARSOLD OF FRASER, MICHIGAN :45THIS SHOULDNT HAPPEN INAMERICA.MY HUSBAND SHOULD BE WITH ME.:48 44-YEAR-OLD ROLANDO"SONNY" ARAVENA OF ORANGECOUNTY NEW YORK :30 BIGPERSONALITY, SO KIND, FUN TO BEAROUND AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THISIS SOMEBODY I MET AT AGATHERING, THIS IS IN THEHOSPITAL THAT HE WAS LIKE THIS:43 A WORLD WAR 2 VETERAN96-YEAR-OLD ED TURKENJUST A FEW NAMES AND FACES OFTHOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TOCORONAVIRUS.:10 WE FOUND OURSELVES FEELINGHELPLESS ANGRY AND JUST DEEPLYSADDENEDAS WE WATCHED THE NUMBERS OFDEATHS INCREASE DAILY.:18 THESE WERENT JUST NUMBERSTHESE WERE PEOPLE" :21 REBECCAHEISS AND DERMOT JEVENS HAVEMADE IT THEIR MISSION TOMEMORIALIZE CORONAVIRUSVICTIMS.FOUNDING "MOURNING AMERICA-DOT-ORG" 2:17 EVERYBODY ISTRYING TO DO WHAT THEY CAN ANDTHIS WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO.2:22 4:59 WE DID NOT WANT TOSEE THEIR STORIES LOST.5:01 4:29 A 27-YEAR-OLD GROCERYWORKER IN MARYLAND.HER NAME IS LEILANI JORDAN.SHE HAS CEREBRAL PALSY AND HERSTORY WAS THAT SHE WANTED TO GOAND TAKE CARE OF ELDERLY PEOPLEWHO WERE GOING SHOPPING AND SHEENDED UP CATCHING CORONAVIRUSAND DYING 4:44 EVERY PERSONTHEY CAN FIND THAT DIDN'TSURVIVE THE VIRUS IS A RED DOTON THE WEBSITE..THEY HOPE TO GATHER AS MANYSTORIES AS POSSIBLE TO GO WITHTHE NAMES..5:05 MY DAD WAS A GREAT MAN.THERE ARE NO BUILDINGS NAMEDAFTER HIM.HE LEFT BEHIND NO FORTUNE ANDTHERE ARE NO BOOKS THAT TELLHIS STORY.HE WAS NOT GREAT IN THE WAY WEOFTEN TRY TO DEFINE THE TERM.5:14 HE WAS GREAT IN THAT HEWAS SUCH A GOOD MAN.5:17 CHOKES UP..GOOD TO HIS CORE, UNFAILINGLYGOOD.5:21 THE COUPLE IS DOING THISWITH NO MOTIVATION OTHER THANMAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE A PLACETO GRIEVE, OFFER CONDOLENCESAND REMEMBER.18:06 WE'RE HOPING THAT PEOPLECAN FIND SOME COMFORT IN THAT.YEAH, HUMANS NEED CONNECTION.18:12THAT WAS CHRIS STEWARTREPORTING.ANYONE CAN SUBMIT THE NAME OF APERSON LOST TO COVID-19..TO THE WEBSITE "MOURNINGAMERICA-DOT-ORG." AND FAMILYAND FRIENDS CAN SHARE STORIESAND PICTURES.THE COUPLE BEHIND THE SITE SAYS- THEY ARE VERIFYINGSUBMISSIONS THROUGH OBITUARIESAND LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS.WORKERS-VTHERE'VE BEEN CHEERS ANDPARADES FOR

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