Remembering Kenmore veteran who lost his life to covid-19
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FIVE PEOPLE HAVEDIED FROM THE VIRUSIN ERIE COUNTY.ONE OF THOSEVICTIMS -- A WARHERO WHO FOUGHTFOR HIS COUNTRY.TONIGHT - 7EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER ED REILLYSHOWS US HOW THE74-YEAR-OLD MAN ISBEING REMEMBERED.:000:041:54SOT: "HERE IS AVETERAN WHOSURVIVES VIETNAMAND COMES HOMEONLY TO BE TAKE BYTHIS HORRIBLE VIRUS"FRIENDS AND FAMILYARE AT HOW FASTCOVID-19 TOOK THELIFE OF 74-YEAR-OLDWALETMONAHANFROM KENMORE.
THESENIOR HAD COPDBUT WAS IN GOODHEALTH DURINGMARCH 10TH REGULARCHECKUP AT THEBUFFALO VA.
OVERTHE NEXT TWOWEEKS, THE SENIORDEVELOPED A BADCOLD, SAW HISFINGERTIPS TURNPURPLE, WAS RUSHEDTO KENMORE MERCYHOSPITAL TO BEPLACED ON AVENTILATOR, TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR COVID-19, AND DIED ONMARCH 25TH.SOT:"THIS IS TRAGICLOSS FOR THE NAVALPARK FAMILY"HIS DEATH IS A HUGEBLOW FOR THEBUFFALO AND ERIECOUNTY NAVAL ANDMILITARY - WHEREMONAHAN WORKED ASA DOCENT.SOT: "I WAS SO SAD.NOW IT IS PERSONAL"THE VIETNAMVETERAN HADEXPERIENCE AS ASCHOOL BUS DRIVER.FELLOW VETERANJOHN RADEN SAIDTHAT EXPERIENCEMADE MONAHANPERFECT FORWORKING WITH KIDS.SOT: "I GOT IDEASFROM HIM ON HOW TORELATE TO YOUNGPEOPLE".THE SAINT JOSEPHUNIVERSITY PARISH ISALSO MOURNING THELOSS.MONAHAN STARTEDDOING HABITATPROJECTS THROUGHTHE CHURCH IN 2009HE WAS ALSO ANACTIVE EUCHARISTICMINISTER.SOT: "YEAH, YEAH.
HEWAS QUITE THE MAN"AS HE FOUGHT THECOVID-19 VIRUS, THECHURCH USED SOCIALMEDIA TO GETSHUNDREDS OFPEOPLE TO PRAY FORHIS RECOVERY.SOT: "SO EVERYONEWAS JOINED INPRAYER DURING THETIME THE PROCEDUREWAS OCCURING"HIS WIFE VALERIETELLS ME SHE IS NOWIN QUARANTINE.THE DEATH COMINGJUST SHORTLYBEFORE THE COUPLEWAS TO CELEBRATETHEIR 50TH WEDDINGANNIVERSARY.VALERIE SAID THEFAMILY IS PULLINGTOGETHER IN THISTIME OF EXTREMEGRIEF - AND SHEAPPRECIATES THEOUT-POURING OFSUPPORT - SUCH ASTHE NOTES ANDLETTERS BEINGPLACED OUTSIDE HERHOME.HER HOPE NOW ISPEOPLE WILLREMEMBER WALTERFOR HISCONTRIBUTIONS INLIFE... AND NOT JUSTFOR BEING A STATISTICOF COVID-19.SOT: THE FUNERALHOME HANDLING THEARRANGMENTS SAIDTHEY WILL BE ACELEBRATION OFWALTER'S LIFE IN THEFUTURE HERE AT ST.JOSEPH UNIVERSITYPARISH .
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BUT ITCANNOT HAPPENUNTIL THE COVID-19CRISIS IS OVER.
INBUFFALO, ED REILLY 7EWNO/C...ED REILLY7EWNBACK NOW TO THATTROUBLING TREND IN