The Pandemic has changed everything and I feel like it keeps getting worse because the governor and the president decide to move the date (of our freedom) for the second time. While working in the mall having more time to be relaxed and get more acquainted with some of my colleagues. After getting to know one of the guys I work with which I helped train for his position at work. He was always sad somehow, seen by his expression one can tell he was missing someone or something, as I ask what was wrong he simply tells me that he came to America for his family not caring much of what he wanted which was to stay in India. As we got to know one another he told me he had a daughter that is 16 year old and a son at 18 year old. Unfortunately I was unable to talk to him because I noticed that he was unusually tired more often because he was always sitting down never really walking around doing rounds and he was coughing sometimes and a bit much other times. So I decided to keep my distance just in case 2 weeks later he was sent home and wasn't allowed to come back to work until he got better.
Four days after that while working my morning shift on Saturday on March 21 we were called in to the office by our manager and I remembered that day because it started to get warm out. As we waited in the manager's office and other colleagues started coming in. The manager decides to tell us important news regarding the security officer my colleague and those 3 years of working with him. My manager told us that Mohamed the officer that was on home leave was not coming back to work and also said that on that Saturday morning about 9am he had passed away. The guy I saw last week from then. The 58 year old man fairly young man that told me he came to America for his family knowing that it kills him leaving the only place he knew, the place he had his childhood that man is now gone.Muhammad has passed away in Queens hospital at 9 that morning of March 21 2020. I looked away and I felt a tear coming down from my eyes, even biting my lip to feel some pain and show little to no remorse but it killed me. I decided to think of work and play along as if nothing happened
The situation that we are going through today is very hard since each day the dates to go outside are more and more extended. In my case the father of a colleague two weeks ago passed away with this disease. A healthy, young person lost his life because of this virus. It is sad to know that the people you shared one day will never see again. Many people are going through this situation. Things will no longer be the same, but the only thing we have left is to live in the present since one never knows what might happen the next day.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for the loss of your friend, Xavier. Thanks for sharing.
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