A
A YEAR
A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK, OUR LIVES BEGAN TO CHANGE
IN WAYS WE COULD NEVER IMAGINED
AFTER MINNESOTA RECORDED ITS
VERY FIRST CASE OF COVID TODAY.
WE ASKED YOU TO SHARE THE LAST
PICTURE ON YOUR CAMERA ROLE
BEFORE THE WORLD CHANGED
AND SHARE YOU DID MORE THAN
A THOUSAND OF YOU RESPONDED.
WE'RE SEEING FAMILIES
AND FRIENDS, VACATIONS,
RELIGIOUS SERVICES, RESTAURANTS,
STATE TOURNAMENTS AND LOTS
AND LOTS OF UNMASKED SMILES.
THE COMMON THREAD, A CAREFREE
CLOSENESS WE WILL PERHAPS NO
LONGER TAKE FOR GRANTED. ALL
WEEK WE'VE BEEN SHARING STORIES
LOOKING BACK AT THIS PAST YEAR
AND TONIGHGT CHRIS HRAPSKY
EXPLORES WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE
FOR SO MANY OF US TO GET THROUGH
THIS CICP QUESTIONAIRE. THERE'S
A FEELING ON THE STREETS
HERE WILO TO THE CAMERAS WHERE
STRANGERS DON'T QUITE SEEM LIKE
STRANGERS ANYMORE.
STRANGERS ANYMORE. >> I JUST LIVE MY LIFE. I DON'T
KNOW ROTHSAY EVERY PERSON
IN EVERY COMMUNITY SHARES A NEW
BOND OF SHARED STRUGGLE. I WAS
A PATIENT WITH THIS DISEASE
BEFORE I EVER TOOK CARE OF
ANYBODY WHO HAD IT. AND EVERYONE
HAS A STORY TO TELL. WHAT HAS IT
BEEN LIKE IN THE LAST YEAR
FOR YOU? OH, FOR ME, I'VE BEEN
TESTED MORE OR LESS. IT'S HARD
TO PROCESS. I THE TRANSITIONS
BEEN A LOT HARDER, BUT I THINK
ANYTHING WE COULD HAVE LIKE EVER
IMAGINED OR PREPARED FOR I'VE
BEEN REALLY DOWN THE TRASH CAN
GET OUT LIKE I WANT TO . I SEE
AFFECT WOUDL MCEE MUCHO MUTUEL
MR. COMMUINTY NATIOAL MALEFIC.
I'M IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.
I PUT EVERYBODY FIRST AND NOW
WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE
I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
MYSELF NOW, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS
OF ISOLATION FROM EVERYBODY. YOU
START LOSING YOUR COOL A LITTLE
BIT LIKE I GOT TO DO SO I'VE GOT
TO KEEP MYSELF ACTIVE. SO
IT'S HAS ALWAYS SO STABLE.
IT'S A JOB THAT YOU CAN
LITERALLY HAVE ANYWHERE IN THE
WORLD. AND TO HAVE IT SHUT DOWN
IS JUST IT JUST KIND OF STOPS
YOUR HEART.
YOUR HEART. >> LIKE I NEVER THOUGHT
THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. WHAT'S
BEEN THE BEST AND THE WORST DAY
FOR YOU IN THE LAST YEAR?
>> MY HUSBAND GUSSIN DIE ON ME.
MY GRASSTON IN JULY. I REMEMBER
INTUBATING A PATIENT AND HAVING
TO TRANSFER THAT PERSON OUTSIDE
OF THE METRO AREA BECAUSE THERE
WERE NO ICU BEDS HERE IN
THE METRO. AND I REMEMBER
THINKING NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS
COMING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
AND THINKING ARE WE REALLY GOING
TO RUN OUT OF EQUIPMENT TO TAKE
CARE OF YOU? IT WAS MARCH 16TH,
THE DAY THAT THE GOVERNOR CAME
ON AND SAID THERE WILL BE NO
DAWN SERVICE TOMORROW.
>> AND IT WAS JUST LIKE, I CAN'T
BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING. WHAT
WAS THE BEST DAY IN THE LAST
YEAR? OH, I FOUND MENAHGA AFAIR
.YEP. LAST YEAR WHEN THE BEST
PART I'M HERE SURVIVED. I WAS
I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR HOW
IMPORTANT IT FELT TO GET
VACCCINE. AND THE DAY THAT MY
PARENTS GOT VACCINATED. IF
THERE'S ONE LESSON
YOU'VE LEARNED THROUGHOUT
PREPANDEMIC ONE LESSON,
A LIFELONG LESSON, WHAT DID YOU
LEARN IN THE LAST DEFINITELY
TO FOCUS MORE ON YOUR FUTURE
GOALS RATHER THAN LIVING IN THE
MOMENT BECAUSE SOMETIMES
THAT MOMENT WILL HAPPEN.
WE EITHER LOVE YOU THAT MILTONA
TO TRABAJO TO FAMILIAR WILO
DUNNELL TEMPLE OF LOS AMIGOS
MBALULA ABSOLUTE HERMANTOWN
PERUCCO LAUDIEN MCEE MANYANA
HAVING THIS DON'T TAKE ANYTHING
FOR GRANTED FOR THE MOST PART.
STAY POSITIVE. WE'RE ALMOST
THERE. WE ALWAYS GOT TO COME
TOGETHER AS ONE. IF WE HIT ROCK
BOTTOM TO STAY OPTIMISTIC,
IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET DOWN
ABOUT ALL OF THIS. IT'S REALLY
EASY TO DWELL IN THE NEGATIVE
AND I, I TRY REALLY, REALLY HARD
NOT TO DO THAT . WE'VE COME
A LONG WAY AND THERE IS LIGHT AT
THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING AND IN
SOME WAYS TRAUMATIC TO LOOK BACK
AND HOW WE KNEW SO LITTLE A YEAR
AGO WHEN WE JUST SAID
IT'S PROBABLY GOOD WE DIDN'T.
I THINK WE ALL CAN RELATE TO A
LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE.
YEAH, AND I, I LIKE THE I DON'T
KNOW IF WAS A DOCTOR OR A NURSE
SAYING THE DAY MY PARENTS GOT
VACCCINE A LOT OF US IN THE
STATION HAVE BEEN SAYING TO EACH
OTHER, MY PARENTS. YEAH, MY MOM
GOT THEIR FIRST VACCINATION
TODAY. SO YEAH, MY PARENTS WERE
YESTERDAY ALONG WITH MY MOTHER
IN LAW, THEY ALL WENT TOGETHER.