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14 May, 6 tweets, 3 min read
More than 584,000 people have died from coronavirus in the United States. The Post spoke to Americans who lost loved ones and had to have their last conversations through digital devices.

Here are some of the stories: wapo.st/3eMK55Z
Kristin Urquiza lost her father, Mark Anthony Urquiza.

While he was in the hospital, she would play his favorite Santana songs via FaceTime to lift his spirits. wapo.st/3eMK55Z
Chioma Oruh lost her father, Chidinma Felix Oruh.

“He died all alone in a strange environment with people he didn’t know.” wapo.st/3eMK55Z
Erik Curren lost his father, Richard Curren, early on in the pandemic.

“I hope we’ll do better than people did in the past and we won’t just forget this all.” wapo.st/3eMK55Z
Angela Kender lost her mother, Gaye Griffin-Snyder on June 6, 2020.

“I still haven’t had a service for my mother. I don’t know when we’ll get to do that.” wapo.st/3eMK55Z
A smartphone. A tablet. A laptop. These are the tools we use to stay connected.

Once covid-19 ravaged the United States, they also became the ways many people said goodbye to their loved ones. wapo.st/3eMK55Z

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