1
00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,633
JUDY WOODRUFF: As we have 
been discussing tonight, the 
coronavirus continues to exact

2
00:00:03,633 --> 00:00:08,200
a devastating toll on 
families and communities 
across the country.

3
00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:13,200
Again, we take a moment 
tonight to remember 
some of the lives lost.

4
00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,966
Oscar Rosa was the 
go-to for friends and 
family seeking advice, 
homework help, or a favor.

5
00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,800
Everything he did was to 
support his family, especially 
his niece Amarey. Bright and

6
00:00:28,766 --> 00:00:33,733
dedicated, Oscar excelled in 
debate, as a captain and a 
coach in his Los Angeles high

7
00:00:34,833 --> 00:00:37,366
school, and later in college.

8
00:00:37,366 --> 00:00:42,333
He would often mentor students 
on opposing teams. His family 
said he wanted everyone

9
00:00:43,766 --> 00:00:48,033
to learn and love debate like 
he did. Oscar was just 25.

10
00:00:50,666 --> 00:00:55,633
For nearly three decades, John 
Walter offered laughs and life 
lessons to his Parish youth

11
00:00:58,166 --> 00:01:01,433
group in queens, New York. 
As one former student 
put it, "He took a bunch 
of misfits and turned

12
00:01:02,966 --> 00:01:05,066
us into family."

13
00:01:05,066 --> 00:01:09,666
A long-suffering Mets fan and 
a lifelong New Yorker, his son 
Brian said John was usually

14
00:01:11,633 --> 00:01:16,000
the funniest person in the room. 
He was fiercely devoted to his 
wife of 57 years, Peg, their

15
00:01:18,133 --> 00:01:23,133
four children and two grandsons. 
The family proudly marched 
in the city's annual Autism

16
00:01:24,766 --> 00:01:29,766
Speaks walk, in support 
of his grandson James. 
John was 80 years old.

17
00:01:33,033 --> 00:01:38,033
Vanee Sykes believed in 
the potential of every 
formerly incarcerated 
woman, and co-founded

18
00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:44,300
a halfway house in the Bronx 
to help them reenter society 
and find jobs. It was an idea

19
00:01:46,266 --> 00:01:50,800
sprouted during her own time 
behind bars. Vanee spent nearly 
four years in federal prison

20
00:01:52,700 --> 00:01:57,000
after pleading guilty to a 
scheme to steal food stamps.

21
00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,966
During that time, Vanee's 
husband of 20 years, 
James, passed away, 
but she spoke to their

22
00:02:03,966 --> 00:02:08,066
three children, Jeffrey, 
James Jr. and Alexis, every 
day. Vanee was 53 years old.

23
00:02:12,533 --> 00:02:17,533
Raul Guale Jr. was at his 
happiest spending time with his 
three girls. When Raul was in

24
00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:24,500
high school, he became a 
single father. That experience 
propelled him to study nursing

25
00:02:26,466 --> 00:02:30,833
and go on to work at an assisted 
living facility on Long Island. 
He met his wife, Marissa,

26
00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:34,033
and their family grew.

27
00:02:34,033 --> 00:02:39,033
They did everything together, 
family vacations to Disney, to 
food shopping and laundry. Raul

28
00:02:41,566 --> 00:02:46,100
was 34 years old.

29
00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:51,100
Victor Arzola's convenience 
store in Juarez, Mexico, was 
a neighborhood safe haven,

30
00:02:53,166 --> 00:02:56,933
with a self-designed loan system 
to help customers who couldn't 
pay. Victor's wife of 68 years,

31
00:02:59,333 --> 00:03:04,300
Belem, was the love of his 
life. After she became ill 
in 2007, he dedicated himself

32
00:03:06,466 --> 00:03:09,966
to her care, settling 
down in Colorado.

33
00:03:09,966 --> 00:03:14,966
Rarely seen without his big 
cowboy hat and a smile, Victor 
became a U.S. citizen at 87

34
00:03:17,333 --> 00:03:22,333
years old. His family 
said it was his happiest 
accomplishment. Victor was 93.