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Jennifer Boysko, right, at a press conference last year. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News)
Last year, 51 year-old Terrence Walker lost his wife, Tracy, to colon cancer. She died in their bedroom, a few doors down from the living room where they were married. Walker’s coworkers at Virginia Commonwealth University pooled enough leave to allow him some time to mourn.
“I felt powerless to do anything about the decline of her life,” Walker said. “I never thought that she would die before the age of 50.”
Walker spent the previous six and a half years sprinting between hospital visits, chemotherapy, childcare and his full-time job, constantly parcelling out his vacation days to juggle his duties. The counselor considers himself lucky given he had access to paid leave at all.
A look back at memorable moments in Richmond, Va., from 2020.
From pandemic to protests, from voting to vaccines and everything in between, 2020 in the Richmond area â and across the globe â has been a year like no other.
âUnprecedentedâ is a word thrown around when describing the past 12 months (or was it 12 years?), but to come up with one that better encapsulates what has happened across our region, state, country and world would be to perhaps create a new language.
As we prepare with hopeful anticipation for a new year with new promises and priorities, the Richmond Times-Dispatch looks back on what happened locally and across the commonwealth in 2020 â the year that was.