
One Hundred Thousand Lives
Daniel
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<p>Barbara Krupke won the lottery. Fred Walter Gray enjoyed his bacon and hash browns crispy. Orlando Moncada crawled through a hole in a fence to reach the United States. John Prine chronicled the human condition. Cornelia Ann Hunt left the world with gratitude.</p><p>Over 100,000 people have died from the coronavirus in the United States. Today, we glimpse inside the lives of just a few of them.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Memories collected from obituaries across the country help us visualize and reckon with the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/24/us/us-coronavirus-deaths-100000.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">incalculable loss of more than 100,000 lives</a>.</li></ul>