▲ A photo taken by Tang with his family before his death. (Photo/Retrieved from Facebook/Abby Adair Reinhard)
Chen Wanzhen/Comprehensive foreign news report
New crown pneumonia (COVID-19) has claimed 182,000 lives worldwide. The most severely affected United States has accumulated 849,000 infections, of which 4.7 Ten thousand people died. Abby Adair Reinhard from Texas, like many Americans who lost their loved ones, was unable to see his father for the last time due to a foot restraint. Fortunately, he was able to say goodbye to him with a 30-hour phone call.
Abby, 41, wrote on Facebook on the 7th that her father, Don Adair, was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia and died before midnight on the 6th. Under the social distancing policy, Abby and his siblings in North Carolina and Denmark were unable to visit. They could only guard the last call and spend 30 hours with his father.
Although they couldn't see their father or hold his hand, they could share memories and express emotions through each other's voices, and they could sing together the songs that father used to sing on the guitar when the family was camping. Abby said that she was very grateful to have this phone call, which connected her father and all his children together, and made the family portraits taken in her early years alive again.
The 76-year-old Tang not only plays an important role in the lives of his children, but is also a lawyer. He holds a law degree from Cornell University and is an important pillar of the entire community, dedicated to helping people start businesses and fulfill their dreams. Abby said, "He is one of the smartest people I have ever met, very humble and kind."
However, Abby mentioned that it is especially difficult for a father who is seriously ill to say goodbye. He could not speak, and he could hear his painful voice through the phone. When he starts to sleep, Abby and Siblings will work hard to wake him up, constantly saying to the phone, "We love you very much, we are all here, your children are here, dad." Finally on the 6th with his father. bid farewell.
