THE CITY reached out to people who participated in our MISSING THEM obituaries project, asking about how they’re dealing with loss. Dozens responded and offered coping strategies, words of encouragement and advice for the holiday season and beyond.
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COVID-19 is an orphan maker. Asare Amaya, 10, lost her father, German Amaya, to the coronavirus. His funeral was held in Miami, Florida, in August, with most mourners attending via a Zoom call. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images, File)
ACROSS AMERICA As the coronavirus vaccine went into the first of Americans arms Tuesday, nine months after the outbreak was declared a global health pandemic, the counter on the U.S. death toll rolled over past 300,000. It s a horrific milestone by any measure, but the days since have been marked by single-day death records that smash the ones set before, plunging Americans deeper by the day into grief and despair.