WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Traveling can be tough, especially with a lot of family tucked into an RV. But, 8,500 miles and 23 states only made this family grow stronger.They wanted to be able to live their lives and not have the coronavirus impede their journey.“Right around my birthday on March 16 the schools shut down in our township,” said Nirav Patel.Patel and his family were impacted just as everyone else was – kids out of school, businesses closing.
But, that pales in comparison to the personal impact on Patel and his family when his mother became infected while living in a nursing home.“We got a call that she tested positive and she was admitted to JFK Hospital.