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President Biden honors COVID-19 victims as America reaches 500,000 deaths


President Biden honors COVID-19 victims as America reaches 500,000 deaths
A candlelight vigil was held Monday night to remember the lives lost during the ongoing global pandemic
Feb 22, 2021 9:28 PM EST
“Today we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone: 500,071 dead,” Biden said.
“That’s more lives lost to this virus than any other nation on Earth. But as we acknowledge the scale of this mass death in America, remember each person and the life they lived,” he continued.
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“We often hear of people described as ‘ordinary Americans.’ There’s no such thing. There’s nothing ordinary about them. The people we lost were extraordinary. They spanned generations. Born in America, immigrated to America, but just like that, so many of them took their final breath alone in America,” Biden said. “As a nation, we can’t accept such a cruel fate. While we’ve been fighting this pandemic for so long, we have t ....

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Candles lit at White House to honor half a million COVID-19 deaths in U.S. - World News


2021-02-23 05:35:56 GMT2021-02-23 13:35:56(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) Candles were lit at the White House South Portico at sunset Monday, a day on which the number of Americans who died from COVID-19 broke the staggering record of 500,000.
That s more lives lost to this virus than any other nation on Earth, U.S. President Joe Biden said as he led a moment of silence accompanied by his wife, Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and the second gentleman, Douglas Emhoff.
But as we acknowledge the scale of this mass death in America, we remember each person and the life they lived, said the president, per whose order earlier in the day flags on top of the presidential residence and on other federal properties were lowered to half-mast. ....

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