Beloved crossing guard hospitalized, battling complications from COVID-19
A beloved school crossing guard in the battle of her life.
58-year-old Norma Mendez has been hospitalized at Houston Methodist Clear Lake for nearly two months after catching COVID-19 back in May.
Her family and friends have gathered almost daily since then praying for a miracle.
“We need people like my mom here that are just the most amazing people in the world,” said her daughter Natalie Mendez.
Mendez, who’s a crossing guard at Jacinto City Elementary School, was also diagnosed with pneumonia and has been on a ventilator for 48 days due to complications resulting from COVID. Her family said she was planning to be vaccinated.
A community is coming together to help save Franco s pizza after a Grinch stole thousands of dollars from the business owner.
Danny Mendez owns Franco s Pizza in Ilion and Westmoreland. Saturday someone stole his livelihood. I was so busy I never got to the bank to make a deposit, which I needed for payroll, bills and Christmas presents, Mendez shared on Facebook. That deposit, with thousands of dollars came up missing. One of my employees stole it from me. They took everything I had.
Mendez searched for hours in the freezing cold, hoping he d dropped the money. I was crying trying to find it, knowing if I didn t I might not ever open again.