For hundreds of Granite Staters, life after COVID-19 will never be quite the same because they are missing someone they love.COVID-19 has killed 1,170 Granite Staters in the past year. Each one left a mark on the state and their community.Jim Fleming, of Manchester, was always a superhero to his children, grandchildren and wife of nearly 40 years. He was really the heart of our family, said his wife, Diane Fleming.Jim Fleming died of COVID-19 in February. Over his 78 years, the proud Navy veteran and barber for three decades touched many lives. He just knew how to naturally bring everybody together with so much laughter and fun, his wife said.His loss was even more painful because COVID-19 restrictions kept his family from being there and gathering to grieve. It was certainly the hardest part of the whole thing, Diane Fleming said.Carl Hebert s family also knows that pain. It just didn t feel right to not be with him, you know? said his son, C.J. Hebert.At 76, the Air Fo
The total number of New Hampshire residents who have died due to COVID-19 has moved past 1,000.
The Granite State reached the grim milestone about 10 months after the first death was recorded in mid-March. As of Monday night, state health officials had reported 990 deaths associated with the coronavirus with about 75% of those lives lost in long-term care facilities.
(Story updated: New Hamsphire surpassed 1,000 deaths on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.)
These 1,000 deaths will represent 1,000 parents, siblings, dear friends, community pillars and others, including some who worked on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic or contracted the virus while caring for another.
They each represent a life cut short. A person who left a lasting impact on those around them. A person whose absence is felt with immeasurable grief.
Emotional sendoff for woman who beat COVID in hospital as parents died concordmonitor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from concordmonitor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It’s because Higinson was the only one leaving.
Higinson and her mother and stepfather, Susie and Louis Thurston, were all hospitalized in Frisbie’s intensive care unit together for COVID-19. The trio represented 50% of the ICU, thus leaving a somber hole when Susie, 74, and Lou, 73, were recently taken off treatment and life support.
“They grieved as much as I did, so it was like we shared it together,” Higinson, 53, said of Frisbie’s staff. “We did it together. It made it so much easier.”
Staff at the Rochester hospital have rallied around Higinson in her COVID-19 battle and in grief, forming a familial bond Higinson said is deeply appreciated after the deaths of her parents.