WEBVTT 00:02.100 --> 00:04.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: We want to take another moment now to honor a group of individuals who lost 00:04.133 --> 00:06.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% their lives to the coronavirus. 00:06.533 --> 00:09.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Here are their stories. 00:09.900 --> 00:14.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% Robert Shackelford dreamed of serving in the Army, but colorblindness forced him to find 00:16.933 --> 00:20.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% a different way to serve his country. So, for nearly 30 years, he taught high school 00:22.666 --> 00:25.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% American history in Sarasota, Florida. Robert was also a longtime football coach. A fellow 00:27.433 --> 00:31.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% coach described him as a detailed and dedicated leader. 00:31.700 --> 00:36.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Despite a busy schedule, the 61-year-old always made time for family. He loved mailing cards 00:39.100 --> 00:43.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% to his daughter and grandson, and regularly visited his brother Steven, who has disabilities. 00:45.033 --> 00:49.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Osanette Hernandez was a curious child and passionate about learning, her father said. 00:51.433 --> 00:56.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Just 22 years old, she had dreamed of becoming a nurse. A shy, but gifted performer, she 00:58.466 --> 01:03.366 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% sang in her church choir and played clarinet in the high school marching band in San Antonio, 01:04.666 --> 01:06.700 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% Texas. 01:06.700 --> 01:10.666 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Osanette was a devoted daughter, and started a business with her mom selling homemade cakes 01:12.600 --> 01:16.266 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and cookies. She kept baking after her mother passed away last year to support her father 01:18.133 --> 01:20.766 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% and siblings. 01:20.766 --> 01:25.100 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% Forty-eight-year-old John Eric Swing was passionate about supporting the Asian-American community. 01:27.133 --> 01:32.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% He led efforts in Los Angeles to help residents and businesses through the pandemic. Co-workers 01:34.566 --> 01:38.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% said the former Marine Corps Reservist radiated positive energy. A foodie and an outdoorsman, 01:41.266 --> 01:46.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% his wife said he was happiest on the beach and when spending time with her and their 01:46.866 --> 01:48.966 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% six children. 01:48.966 --> 01:53.333 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% Su Thao was a hero for the Hmong people. After escaping communist Laos, he kept returning 01:55.366 --> 02:00.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% to rescue family members, and worked with the CIA on covert operations in the country. 02:02.333 --> 02:06.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% When he moved to Iowa in the 1970s, he worked to bring more refugees to the U.S. 02:09.266 --> 02:12.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% Eventually, he settled in Fresno, California, where he directed documentaries, translated 02:14.866 --> 02:19.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% popular films into Hmong and even hosted a radio show. A father to nine, Su was 72 years 02:23.300 --> 02:25.366 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% old. 02:25.366 --> 02:29.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Sawarrelita Redmond's suburban Chicago home was never empty. For the last 15 years, the 02:31.433 --> 02:36.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% mother of three ran her own day care, where she cared for kids all hours of the day, sometimes 02:38.133 --> 02:42.500 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% free of charge. Sawarrelita, or Nita, born in Mississippi as the 21st child of 22, also 02:46.433 --> 02:50.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% took in foster children who were in-between homes. 02:50.633 --> 02:55.500 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% She enjoyed playing cards on the weekends with friends, and was described by her daughter 02:55.500 --> 03:00.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Jasmine as uplifting, easy-going and loved. Nita was 52. 03:04.200 --> 03:08.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And our thanks to family members for sharing the stories of all these individuals. 03:08.333 --> 03:13.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Our hearts go out to you and all those who've lost loved ones in this pandemic.