His 100-year-old father was the only one who couldn’t beat it, dying in a hospital near Bombay on April 12.
Korat told NBC 7 he’s thankful his father could even make it to a hospital in his final days, as thousands are turned away from overcrowded hospitals daily.
“I was very close to my father,” Korat said. “A couple of days before I got the opportunity to talk to him on video calls…he told me, ‘Dinesh, I’m leaving, I want to go to God, I’m happy and I’m blessing all my family.’”
Korat told NBC 7 his story is the story of so many in the U.S. with family and friends in India.