Liese Coroy had no intentions of boarding a plane during the coronavirus pandemic. But then her father tested positive for COVID-19, leaving him stuck in a hospital in Ottawa.
She decided to board a plane from Toronto to Ottawa on April 1 so she could get there in time to see him for the last time, even if it meant wearing a protective suit. “I dropped everything to fly up to say goodbye to him,” she said. “I think the hardest part was not being able to touch him with my bare hands or hug him.
I had gloves on, and did touch him, but it wasn’t the same. ” Social distancing on the flight there and back was important, she said.