From today's edition of the New York Times:
Today, the front page of the New York Times lists the names of 1000 people who died from the coronavirus. They are one percent of the almost 100,000.
"They were not simply names on a list. They were us."
Patricia Dowd, 57, San Jose, Calif. auditor in Silicon Valley * Marion Kreuger,85, Kirkland, Wash. great-grandmother with an easy laugh * Jerramine Ferre, 77, Lee County, Fla. wife with little time to enjoy new marriage * Cornelius Lawyer, 84, Bellevue, Wash. sharecropper's son * Kyra Swartz, 33, New York, volunteered for pet rescue organizations * Bobby Lee Barber, 84, Buckley, Wash. Seahawks season ticket holder * Jose Diaz-Ayala, 38, Palm Beach, Fla. served with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office for 14 years * Alice Coopersmith Furst, 87, Kentfield, Ca. in the first class of girls admitted to the Bronx High School of Science * Regina Dix-Parsons,75, Schenectady, N.Y. stalwart church gospel singer * John Joseph Reed Jr.,74, Edmonds, Wash. passionate about retaining his town's small-town atmosphere....
I have listed ten of them. The reporters for this story scoured thousands of obituaries to print these. Thank you for telling us about them.
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