By Erica Thomas, managing editor
PELL CITY — After the death of her 72-year-old mother from COVID-19, one woman is speaking out about her horrific experience, in hopes that people will take the virus seriously.
Tara Buchanan lost her mother, Pamela Daniel, to the illness on Dec. 16, 2020. While many people were out last-minute Christmas shopping or tying up loose ends before the holidays, Buchanan was inside a hospital watching her mother struggle for each breath.
“I was, fortunately, able to be at the hospital with her so I had a different view,” said Buchanan.
With every breath, the sound of a ventilator could be heard through the hallways of the hospital. The intensive care unit where Daniel had been for two weeks was a somber reminder of the severity of coronavirus.