On a mission to heal after exposing her dad to deadly virus
LUIS ANDRES HENAO and JESSIE WARDARSKI, Associated Press
May 24, 2021
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1of18Michelle Pepe tries to smell her late father s wallet while going through his belongings one year after he died of the coronavirus, in Sharon, Mass., on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. After contracting the virus herself, Pepe lost and has not regained her sense of smell. She keeps her father s belongings in hopes that one day it comes back and she can smell him again.Jessie Wardarski/APShow MoreShow Less
2of18Michelle Pepe looks at the last family portrait taken with her father, Bernie Rubin, before he died of the coronavirus in April 2020,in Sharon, Mass., on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Pepe has felt tremendous guilt and regret after unknowingly contracting and transmitting the coronavirus to her parents. Her mother survived, but her father, Bernie Rubin, died in Florida on April 13, 2020.Jessie Wardarski/APShow
It s been an honor : San Antonio cop featured in HBO documentary set to retire
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San Antonio Police Officers Joe Smarro, left, and Ernie Stevens pose at San Antonio Police Training Academy in 2019.Josie Norris /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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San Antonio Police Officer Ernie Stevens says that, as a cop, mental health calls were the calls he despised the most.Josie Norris /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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In a still from the HBO documentary “Ernie & Joe,” Ernie Stevens and Joe Smarro of the San Antonio Police Department mental health unit patrol the streets of San Antonio, responding to calls throughout the city.HBOShow MoreShow Less