Since March, I've memorialized young people who have died from COVID19 to raise awareness about this deadly disease. Today I had the opportunity to speak to @JoeDanaReports from @12News in Phoenix Arizona about this journey and passion.
Yuma, Arizona
Part 2 of my interview with @JoeDanaReports from @12News in Phoenix Arizona. The names of those killed by COVID19 that were read are found below. https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/yuma-doctor-receives-personal-thanks-from-joe-biden-for-covid-19-work/75-c6268f62-efc9-4598-9c6b-8f934896623f
Part 2 of my interview with @JoeDanaReports from @12News in Phoenix Arizona. The names of those killed by COVID19 that were read are found below. https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/yuma-doctor-receives-personal-thanks-from-joe-biden-for-covid-19-work/75-c6268f62-efc9-4598-9c6b-8f934896623f
Aaron Derringer from Blue Springs Missouri experienced exhaustion and fatigue for a couple of weeks, then one morning was found unresponsive. The father of four, soon to be five died from COVID. He was 41. https://fox4kc.com/news/after-blue-springs-dad-of-4-dies-from-covid-19-loved-ones-urge-others-to-be-vigilant-with-precautions/
Los Angeles, CA
Erika Becerra, 33, was 8 months pregnant when diagnosed with COVID in Nov. Her labor was induced Nov 15, but she was unable to hold her son, b/c she couldn't breathe. She was placed on a ventilator, where she cried before dying from COVID https://wbtv.com/2020/12/06/mother-gives-birth-healthy-baby-dies-covid-before-she-can-hold-him/
Erika Becerra, 33, was 8 months pregnant when diagnosed with COVID in Nov. Her labor was induced Nov 15, but she was unable to hold her son, b/c she couldn't breathe. She was placed on a ventilator, where she cried before dying from COVID https://wbtv.com/2020/12/06/mother-gives-birth-healthy-baby-dies-covid-before-she-can-hold-him/
Lloyd Porter was an actor turned baker. Him and his wife opened a bakery & cafe called Bread Stuy in Brooklyn. She did the baking, he did the greeting. He touched so many people throughout his life. He was only 49 when he died from COVID19. https://nyti.ms/2XoHYv0
33-year-old Nathan Huff Bishop, Ohio Navy reservist, died of COVID-19. He is the 13th U.S. service member killed in the pandemic. Rest in peace fellow sailor!
https://stripes.com/news/us/navy-reservist-is-13th-service-member-to-die-from-coronavirus-1.654076
https://stripes.com/news/us/navy-reservist-is-13th-service-member-to-die-from-coronavirus-1.654076
My cousin Simon Press, 27, was a gym teacher, semipro football player trying out for the @NFL, and volunteered at @BGCMonmouth. Sent home twice from the ER for chest pain, dx'd with anxiety, he suddenly collapsed & died from COVID in NewJersey.
Heath, Ohio
Ellis Booth, 56, Heath City Schools athletic director, died from COVID-19. "He was like a father figure. He was one hell of an AD, and one hell of a person" @HeathSports https://10tv.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/heath-athletic-director-dies-from-covid-19-complications/530-434cbb68-330c-4e7d-a86d-2a4d98092ea1
Ellis Booth, 56, Heath City Schools athletic director, died from COVID-19. "He was like a father figure. He was one hell of an AD, and one hell of a person" @HeathSports https://10tv.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/heath-athletic-director-dies-from-covid-19-complications/530-434cbb68-330c-4e7d-a86d-2a4d98092ea1
Bob Bryant, 58, pastor at the Water of Life Community Church in San Bernardino County, California died from COVID-19, five weeks after his megachurch REOPENED in DEFIANCE of the state’s ban on indoor religious services. https://thedailybeast.com/pastor-of-water-of-life-community-church-which-defied-californias-lockdown-order-dies-of-covid-19
17 y.o. Brisa Vasquez from Chandler, Arizona lost BOTH of her parents this week to COVID-19. I want Gov @dougducey to tell this high school student that her parents are DEAD because he wouldn't implement a mask mandate and shelter-in-place! https://azcentral.com/story/news/local/chandler/2020/12/04/chandler-high-school-tony-lisa-vasquez-die-covid-19/3820788001/?fbclid=IwAR0JeWpGsqHh82Yv73dj7fRwplkGMjB0TYnT-8mKpsLPQe0bPktIwJhRQDg