ORLANDO, Fla. – The family of an Orlando woman who died from the coronavirus while vacationing California said they never thought this would happen to them.
Using only his first name out of fear of how the community could react, Rem said his mother was 68 years old. He said she was strong.
She was a cancer survivor a diabetic. He said she and his father left Orlando in February for a trip to Thailand and the Philippines to kick off their retirement.
He said they had a long layover in South Korea before arriving in Los Angeles on March 8 to visit family. “I get a text message from my father saying your mother didn’t have a pulse, and I had to give her CPR,” he said. “He kind of told me I had to call an ambulance.