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Remembering those we've lost to COVID-19 Share Updated: 9:17 AM CST Jan 18, 2021 Jocelyn Brumbaugh Share Updated: 9:17 AM CST Jan 18, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ONLY ON 5:00 TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THEIR PARENTS 56 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY INSTEAD OF PURCHASING GIFTS. THE COUPLE’S CHILDREN WERE PLANNING THEIR FUNERALS. I’M JESSICA SCHAMBACH. I’M EVAN ONSTOT. THE GANNON’S WERE FOUR MORE. THEY DIED TWO WEEKS APART FROM COVID-19 BECAUSE ABIGAIL OGLE JOINING US NOW IN A BE YOU SPOKE TO THE COUPLE’S FOUR CHILDREN. BEFORE YOU SEE THIS STORY GUYS, JUST LET ME TELL YOU IT’S TOUGH THE FAMILY SHARES VIDEO OF THEIR FINAL MOMENTS WITH THEIR MOTHER JUST VERY EMOTIONAL. THE GANNON’S KIDS TOLD ME ABOUT THEIR PARENTS. LOVE STORY. SHE WAS KOREAN HE AN AMERICAN SOLDIER TODAY. THE FAMILY SHOULD BE CELEBRATING 56 YEARS OF LOVE INSTEAD. THEY WERE TALKING TO ME ABOUT THEIR HEARTBREAKING JOURNEY AND WHAT THEY THINK NEEDS TO CHANGE WITHIN OUR HOSPITALS. MY DAD, ESPECIALLY LIKE HIS SYMPTOMS JUST LIKE DECLINE REAL FAST, AND WE WERE WE COULDN’T BE ADVOCATES FOR THEM THEIR CHILDREN. TELL ME DONALD AND MUCHA GANNON OF MORE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 IN LATE JULY. THEY BOTH GOT LIKE THE PLASMA AND THE ROOM DESIREE OR YA KNOW THAT WORD. IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR THEM BOTH TO BE IN THE ICU. WE WERE LIKE BEGGING. LET US GO IN THERE WITH OUR DAD. LET US GO IN THERE WITH THEIR DAD AND THEY YOU KNOW, NO, NO, PLEASE LET US GO IN THERE AND JUST TOUCH HIM DONALD FOUGHT THE VIRUS FOR TWO WEEKS. WE HAD TO GO TO THE WINDOW TO TELL MY MOM. THAT’S NOT MAKING IT HIS WIFE. MUCHA AND THE SAME ICU WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SEE HIM THE HARDEST PART WAS WHEN WE WERE SITTING THERE TELLING MY DAD COULD BUY. MY MOM SAID THE SAME TIMING MY DAD. DO YOU KNOW AND IT’S LIKE I JUST IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART BECAUSE THEY EVEN WILL HER ACROSS THE ROOM. SO SHE CAN EVEN JUST TOUCH UP. I LOVE STORY 56 YEARS IN THE MAKING ENDS IN A CORONAVIRUS UNIT OVER FACETIME. IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY HEARTBREAKING AFTER DONALD SENIOR PASSED AWAY THE FAMILY MOVED MOM MUCHA TO A DIFFERENT HOSPITAL AND THE HUG THAT SHE GAVE ME IS SOMETHING I WILL CHERISH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE THAT HOSPITAL ALLOWING THE FAMILY TO SEE THEIR MOM FACE TO FACE. AND THEY WERE WITH HER WHEN SHE DIED TWO WEEKS AFTER HER HUSBAND. WE PLAYED HER FAVORITE HYMNALS AND SHE GOT A GOOD SEND-OFF TO GOD AND NOW DONALD AND MOOCHES CHILDREN TELL ME THEY HAVE TWO MAIN MISSIONS THE FIRST TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT EACH COVID NUMBER REPRESENTS A PERSON WITH A FAMILY MY DAD MY MOM AND I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THERE’S A FACE. THIS FACE IS DECODED. IT IS EXCRUCIATING, ABIGAIL. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO WATCH OUR PARENTS SUFFER. AND SECONDLY, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THERE ADVOCATING THEY WANT HOSPITALS TO LOOK AT THEIR COVID-19 POLICIES. I THINK THEY NEED TO RE-EVALUATE HOW THEY THEY LET FAMILY MEMBERS IN THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE TOUGHEST INTERVIEWS. I’VE DONE SINCE THIS PANDEMIC NOW. I REACHED OUT TO THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WHY DO THE COVID-19 RULES DIFFER SO MUCH FROM HOSPITAL TO HOSPITAL THEY WERE ABLE TO BE WITH THEIR MOM WHEN SHE DIED THE DAD WAS COMPLETELY ALONE. OH SDH A TELLS ME THAT THE FACILITIES DETERMINE THEIR OWN PRACTICES. I JUST WANT TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY. I KNOW THAT WAS VERY TOUGH, BUT
'Such a light': Family pleads for patience after COVID-19 claims 33-year-old loved one Zack Starrett, 33, died from COVID-19 complications last week Share Updated: 10:15 AM EST Jan 1, 2021 Jim Madalinsky Zack Starrett, 33, died from COVID-19 complications last week Share Updated: 10:15 AM EST Jan 1, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript INTRODUCES US TO ZACK STARRETT AND SHARES AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM HIS FAMILY. JIM: ZACK STARRETT’S FAMILY WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE TONIG ABOUT COVID-19, ABOUT HOW THE VIRUS CLAIMED ZACK’S LIFE AT 33-YEARS-OLD, A NIGHTMARE THEY DON’T WANT ANOTHER FAMILY TO HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH. THESE ARE THE IMAGES THAT TELL ZACK STARRETT’S STORY, A SELF-TAUGHT MUSICIAN, A LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS, A DOG DAD TO DOUG, AND SO MUCH MORE >> HE WAS SUCH, IS, IS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO ALWAYS BE SUCH A LIGHT, A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL SOUL, BEAUTIFUL MAN. JIM: ZACK’S BATTLE WITH COVID-19 STARTED IN EARLY OCTOBER. BY NOVEMBER, SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND A STRING OF MIGRAINES SO PAINFUL HE EVENTUALLY DROVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL ONLY TO BE FLOWN TO UPMCY PRESBY HOURS LATER. >> THEY HAD DIAGNOSED HIM WI DOUBLE LUNG PNEUMONIA, COVID RELATED DOUBLE LUN PNEUMONIA, AND COVID-REALTED HEART FAILURE. JIM: FOR WEEKS, ZACK’S LONGTIME PARTNER, MICHELLE RAUENSWINDER, WATCHED AS THE EFFECTS OF THE VIRUS WORE ZACK DOWN. >> IT WAS DEVASTATING. I WOULD GO HOME AND CALL MY PARENTS. IT JUST SLOWLY, PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. HE WAS LITERALLY NOT ABLE TO CATCH HIS BREATH. JIM: AFTER SIX WEEKS OF FIGHTING, ZACK DIED ON DECEMBER 23. >> HE WAS A HEALTHY 33-YEAR-OLD, ACTIVE, LOVED TO HUNT, CAMP, HIKE, FISH, PERFECTLY HEALTHY 33-YEAR-OL JIM: ZACK WORKED AS A BARTENDE AT TIN LIZZY IN YOUNGSTOWN, THE BUSINESS ORDERED TO CLOSE THIS WEEK BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR REMAINING FULLY OPEN IN VIOLATION OF THE STATE’S TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS ON INDOOR DINING. THE OWNER, BUCK PAWLOSKY, WOULDN’T TALK ON CAMERA, BUT TOLD PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 HE’S STAYING OPEN TO TRY AND STAY IN BUSINESS. ZACK’S FAMILY SAYS THERE’S NO WAY TO KNOW HOW HE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS DESPITE DOING ALL HE COULD TO PROTECT HIMSELF. >> HE WORE HIS MASK. HE WASHED HIS HANDS. WE’D GET INTO THE TRUCK AND IT WOULD BE, SPRAY YOUR HANDS. DO THE RIGHT THING JIM: A MESSAGE ZACK’S FAMILY WANTS EVERYONE TO HEAR TONIGHT, HOPING IT HITS HOME WITH SOMEONE SOMEWHERE THAT NEEDS TO HEAR I >> I JUST HOPE THAT PEOPLE LISTEN AND PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE THIS IS VERY REAL AND IT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. >> OUR LIVES ARE FOREVER CHANGED. AND IF WE CAN SAVE ANOTHER FAMILY FROM THIS, IT’S WORTH IT JIM: A PRIVATE 10 PERSON CEREMONY WAS HELD FOR ZACK THIS WEEK. THE FAMILY TELLS ME THEY’RE THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT THEY’VE GOTTEN THIS PAST TWO WEEKS. THEY ARE NOW HOPING TO PLAN A LARGE MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF