Two years ago, this video of classmates hugging before a weekend break made a deal and went completely viral. In the last control, the good clip had accumulated about 24 million views:
The woman who published it in November 2018, Zelene Blancas, was a teacher in El Paso, where she was much loved by both her school and the wider community, according to the New York Times. He died this week from complications of COVID-19 at just 35 years old.
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Blancas tested positive for the virus on October 20 and was hospitalized a few days later, her brother told the Times. Eventually, he ran out of medical leave and paid for his free time and turned to the Internet for help paying for his medical care with a GoFundMe page.
“His call was just to spread the goodness,” Cristina Sanchez-Chavira told the Times. “I think education was the vehicle she found, but it was her. He embodied kindness and made others feel special. And he did it in and out of the classroom. “
Blancas, on the other hand healthy, had shown signs of recovery at first and was progressing before her condition worsened. She was intubated on Nov. 22, her brother told CNN.
According to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University as of Sunday, more than 350,000 people in the United States have died from COVID-19.