A family of survivors: three family members all over the age of 55 beat COVID-19

A family of survivors: three family members all over the age of 55 beat COVID-19

ALL NEW AT SIX -- IT'STHE LATESTACHIEVEMENT FOR AMARRIED COUPLE INTHEIR LATE 80S.THEY'VE BEENTOGETHER FOR 65YEARS... AND THEYCAN NOW SAY -- THEYBEAT COVID-19TOGETHER.BUT AS 7 EYEWITNESSNEWS REPORTERJEDDY JOHNSONTELLS US -- THEYWERE NOT THE ONLYFAMILY MEMBERSFIGHTING THIS BATTLE.THE LAST FEWMONTHS HAVE BEENROUGH ON FOR THEPIERCE HOUSEHOLDDAUGHTER: "FIVEMEMBERS OF MYFAMILY HAD COVID.

3WERE HOSPITALIZED."THOSE THREE..

WEREJACKIE'S MOM, DAD,AND BROTHER."DAD HAD A FEVER, HEHAD A COUGH.

MOMHAD PNEUMONIA."AND JACKIE'SBROTHERS ROBERTWAS ON A VENTILATORFOR 16 DAYS."HIS JOURNEY WASPRETTY PARYLIS ANDFEW TIMES THEDOCTORS KIND OFGOT US READY FORTHE WORST."BUT AS OF MAY 12,EACH OF JACKIE'SFAMILY MEMBERS CANSAY THEY BEATCOVID-19.BRO: "WELL I'LL TELLYOU THIS IT'S ONLY BYTHE GRACE OF GODTHAT WE HAVE BEENABLE TO BESURVIVORS."MOM: "WE'RE VERYTHANKFUL FOREVERYTHING, VERYTHANKFUL, VERYHAPPY TO BE ON OURWAY HOME."AFTER 8 WEEKS INGARDEN GATE HEALTHCARE FACILITY,LORRAINE ANDROBERT ARE ON THEIRWAY HOME.CHAUFFERED BYTHEIR SURVIVOR SON.LIL NAT POP"AND IT'S THROUGHFAITH AND THROUGHFAMILY THAT WE GOTTHROUGH THIS."MOM: "I'M JUST SOTHANKFUL.

THANKFULTO GOD FOR ALL THEPRAYERS AND I KNOWTHAT'S WHAT USTHROUGH IT."CERTAINLY IT FEELSABSOLUTELYWONDERFUL TO BEWALKING AND TALKINGAND HAVING OURBEING AND BEINGABLE TO BREATH ANDIT'S REALLY ABLESSING."IN CHEEKTOWAGA JJ7EWN.<AD LIB WX