screaming. >> on a warm summer friday evening, esther salas, her husband mark anderl, and their son daniel, were celebrating in a socially distance we, daniel's 20th birthday. >> we rented a tent in the backyard and say that a cable and friends from catholic university came. it was a close we can. daniel, he was just jumping out of his skin. he was so excited. >> daniel and his friends continued the celebration the next day with their trip to the beach. by sunday afternoon, everyone had gone home. it was july 19th, around 5 pm. mother and son were cleaning up the basement and sharing a special, albeit fleeting moment. >> i think he was swimming a bat or something, and i remember him saying, let's keep talking, mom. i love talking to you, mom. and at that exact second, the