As Boeing shuts down, an employee's family is left to grieve

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

EVERETT — Elton Washington was like a lot of people.

He loved his family and going on vacations with them, to Miami or Jamaica. He made bad jokes somehow funny, and teased those around him in a way that didn’t make them mad. He never missed a Marvel movie. He sang, but wasn’t a very good singer. He danced. He played sports. His son said he could’ve been a football star. Apparently he was a pretty good boxer in his youth, and in recent years he could still be seen hitting a punching bag at his Renton home.

For 27 years, Washington worked for Boeing, most recently as a flight-line inspector at the Everett factory. He was a union steward for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751.

On Sunday, he died after contracting the new coronavirus. He left behind two children — a 16-year-old son and a 37-year-old daughter — and three grandchildren. He was 57.

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[Moostache]

1. RIP Elton...I wish your story was not going to become so repeated in the next few weeks and months

May you pass over easy and may comfort find your loved ones left behind.

I don't know what else can be said. I am numb with rage about the unnecessary pain and suffering being inflicted on us by the hour.

[Indykatie]

2. These Stories Are So Sad - I Read Them All - The Diversity of the Victims Cross All Races + Ages