WEBVTT 00:02.000 --> 00:03.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: As we have been discussing tonight, the coronavirus continues to exact 00:03.633 --> 00:08.200 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% a devastating toll on families and communities across the country. 00:08.200 --> 00:13.200 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% Again, we take a moment tonight to remember some of the lives lost. 00:15.600 --> 00:18.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% Oscar Rosa was the go-to for friends and family seeking advice, homework help, or a favor. 00:21.800 --> 00:26.800 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Everything he did was to support his family, especially his niece Amarey. Bright and 00:28.766 --> 00:33.733 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% dedicated, Oscar excelled in debate, as a captain and a coach in his Los Angeles high 00:34.833 --> 00:37.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% school, and later in college. 00:37.366 --> 00:42.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% He would often mentor students on opposing teams. His family said he wanted everyone 00:43.766 --> 00:48.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to learn and love debate like he did. Oscar was just 25. 00:50.666 --> 00:55.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% For nearly three decades, John Walter offered laughs and life lessons to his Parish youth 00:58.166 --> 01:01.433 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% group in queens, New York. As one former student put it, "He took a bunch of misfits and turned 01:02.966 --> 01:05.066 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% us into family." 01:05.066 --> 01:09.666 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% A long-suffering Mets fan and a lifelong New Yorker, his son Brian said John was usually 01:11.633 --> 01:16.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the funniest person in the room. He was fiercely devoted to his wife of 57 years, Peg, their 01:18.133 --> 01:23.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% four children and two grandsons. The family proudly marched in the city's annual Autism 01:24.766 --> 01:29.766 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% Speaks walk, in support of his grandson James. John was 80 years old. 01:33.033 --> 01:38.033 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% Vanee Sykes believed in the potential of every formerly incarcerated woman, and co-founded 01:40.033 --> 01:44.300 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% a halfway house in the Bronx to help them reenter society and find jobs. It was an idea 01:46.266 --> 01:50.800 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% sprouted during her own time behind bars. Vanee spent nearly four years in federal prison 01:52.700 --> 01:57.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% after pleading guilty to a scheme to steal food stamps. 01:57.000 --> 02:01.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% During that time, Vanee's husband of 20 years, James, passed away, but she spoke to their 02:03.966 --> 02:08.066 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% three children, Jeffrey, James Jr. and Alexis, every day. Vanee was 53 years old. 02:12.533 --> 02:17.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Raul Guale Jr. was at his happiest spending time with his three girls. When Raul was in 02:19.500 --> 02:24.500 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% high school, he became a single father. That experience propelled him to study nursing 02:26.466 --> 02:30.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and go on to work at an assisted living facility on Long Island. He met his wife, Marissa, 02:31.700 --> 02:34.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and their family grew. 02:34.033 --> 02:39.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% They did everything together, family vacations to Disney, to food shopping and laundry. Raul 02:41.566 --> 02:46.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% was 34 years old. 02:46.100 --> 02:51.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Victor Arzola's convenience store in Juarez, Mexico, was a neighborhood safe haven, 02:53.166 --> 02:56.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% with a self-designed loan system to help customers who couldn't pay. Victor's wife of 68 years, 02:59.333 --> 03:04.300 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Belem, was the love of his life. After she became ill in 2007, he dedicated himself 03:06.466 --> 03:09.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to her care, settling down in Colorado. 03:09.966 --> 03:14.966 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Rarely seen without his big cowboy hat and a smile, Victor became a U.S. citizen at 87 03:17.333 --> 03:22.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% years old. His family said it was his happiest accomplishment. Victor was 93.