The Children of COVID
Updated on Mar 12, 2021;
Published on Mar 09, 2021
Pamela Addison kisses her son Graeme, 14 months, as her daughter Elsie, 2, looks up to the heavens while they play in their Waldwick backyard. Pamela Addison s husband, Martin, 44, died in April from COVID-19. Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
Little Elsie Addison watched through the window as the ambulance took her daddy away.
The 2-year-old with bright blue eyes and her father’s electric smile had been blissfully unaware of the coronavirus pandemic. She just knew her daddy was sick.
“Papa coughing,” Elsie would say in her sweet toddler voice as her father isolated in his bedroom.
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Both Brandi Patterson and her husband had COVID in April, however, he did not survive. When my husband got sick at the very last minute, he was able to get the convalescent plasma, but was too late, Patterson said. But I wanted to make it my mission to donate as much plasma as I can to help the next person.
AlTerek Patterson, 38, was a beloved member of the Bedminster Police Department for 16 years a sergeant with a big heart. It really hurt the department, Detective Paul Piano said.
And now, the police department, his widow and the community come together to honor him, with monthly American Red Cross blood drives.