This story has been clarified to reflect protective steps taken at a Pacers game at the start of the Coronavirus outbreak.
Eric Barnes took March 10, 2020 off from work and went to the same place he always goes to around the middle of March: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Specifically, the gift shop. He grabbed some shirts and magnets as a present for his sister. It had become a tradition. As he headed home, he called her with the good news.
“What the hell are you thinking?” his sister, Angie Holt, said over the phone. Barnes and Holt both have birthday’s mid-March, Barnes’ on the 11th and Holt’s on the 18th. Going to the IMS museum was their tradition. Together. She was mad he hadn't included her.