Warren said "I will miss my brother" No family to hold his hand or to say "I love you" one more time

[Botany]

Donald Reed Herring, the oldest brother of Senator Elizabeth Warren, died on Tuesday night in Norman, Okla., about three weeks after testing positive for coronavirus.

Herring, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, was 86.

Warren, who has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s halting response to the pandemic for months, has not previously revealed that her family was waging its own personal battle against the virus. She confirmed his death in a statement provided to the Globe and said the cause was coronavirus.

“I’m grateful to the nurses and other front-line staff who took care of my brother, but it is hard to know that there was no family to hold his hand or to say “I love you” one more time. And now there’s no funeral for those of us who loved him to hold each other close,” Warren said. “I will miss my brother.”

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/23/nation/elizabeth-warrens-oldest-brother-dies-coronavirus-oklahoma/

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[flibbitygiblets]

2. Heartbreaking 😥😥😥

[jimfields33]

3. Wow. He was 16 when she was born. I bet he helped take care of her.

Such a shame especially the reason for the death. No reason that he needed to die. Trump killed him basically. I bet he’s having a Diet Coke to celebrate. I really wish I didn’t have to think this way about a president of the United States. But he leaves no choice. He’s caused all of this.

[brer cat]

4. That is so sad.

And it is playing out all across the country.