He doesn't personally know any of the victims in his county. But until they can have a proper burial, he's honoring them one by one.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – There are no wakes to mourn loved ones together, no funerals to join hands and celebrate the lives lost.doesn't personally know any victims of the coronavirus in Monroe County, New York, but he's honoring them one by one until they can have a proper burial.
"I was just thinking about the amount of lives lost," said Corbett, an Air Force veteran."It’s a cumulative total of more than 3,000 years of lives and memories that have passed. It's all being put on hold." Corbett, a general contractor, used lath left over from renovations at his 1906 farmhouse. A larger cross is made of two-by-four lumber from the home. The supplies date back to before any of the victims were born and Corbett has repurposed the materials to preserve their memories.
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