Funeral workers, Louisiana s last responders, reflect on unimaginable death seen from COVID-19 Share Updated: 5:28 PM CST Mar 4, 2021 Share Updated: 5:28 PM CST Mar 4, 2021
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Show Transcript IT’S BEEN A YEAR SINCE THE START OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND AS OF TODAY MORE THAN 9,600 PEOPLE IN THIS STATE HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE OF THE PANDEMIC. I THINK THAT THE FOCUS AS IT SHOULD BE SHOULD BE ON THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS BUT THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY THIS YEAR, THAT’S WHERE WE COME INTO PLAY. LOUISIANA’S LAST RESPONDERS ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT, WE SHARE THE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE WHOSE WORK STARTS WHEN THE LIFE ENDS WDSU’S JENNIFER CROCKETT JOINS US LIVE FROM LAKE LAWN METAIRIE CEMETERY, JEN. THESE ARE STORIES THAT YOU HAVE NOT HEARD BEFORE FROM PEOPLE WHO DON’T