PANDEMIC KILLED INDIVIDUALS FROM OF EVERY AGE FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE. >> > > Reporter: FEW PEOPLE THOUGHT OF THE OVERWHELMING EXTENT OF THIS DISASTER. EVEN MORE THAN 1 MILLION LIVES LOST. FAR SURPASSING THE FLU PANDEMIC OR THE CIVIL BATTLE. ACROSS THE NATION, THE TIME OF REMEMBRANCE. IN LOS ANGELES, MARIA ZANTOS PETERSON DEVOTED HER LIFE TO CARING FOR OTHERS AS AN ICU NURSE AT THE VA HEALTHCARE FACILITY. IN 2015 SHE TRAVELLED TO CENTRAL AMERICA ON HER LAST MEDICAL OBJECTIVE. SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER OTHER HALF, AS WELL AS TEENAGE SON. IN VIRGINIA, THERESA SPERRY'' S PARENTS KEEP IN MIND THEIR DAUGHTER, ALWAYS OPEN UP TO TAKING CARE OF OTHERS. AT HILL FACTOR ELEMENTARY, THE 10-YEAR-OLD WAS KNOWN TO PLASTER HER SCHOOLMATES. SIMILAR DISTRESS THROUGHOUT THE NATION, IN COMMUNITIES OF ALL CREED AND ALSO SHADE. IN NEW YORK, A HISPANIC AREA HIT HARD, TO CONGREGATIONS UNITED IN PAIN AFTER LOSING GREATER THAN 100 MEMBERS.
>> > > Translator: THERE ARE MOMENTS WE CAN'' T CLARIFY WITH FACTOR. WE NEED TO STROLL IN BELIEF, FEELING OUR OWN SUSCEPTABILITY, TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND CARE FOR OTHERS. >> > > Reporter: IN THE BOUNDARY COUNTY OF HIDALGO, TEXAS, MORE THAN 3500 DEATHS IN THE REGION OF LESS THAN A MILLION. >> >'> I ' M NOT SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS REDUCED DOWN SUFFICIENT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHO IS MISSING AND WHAT'' S MISSING. WHAT GAPS THEY HAVE LEFT. >> > > Press reporter: SPACES THAT MIGHT NEVER COMPLETELY RECOVER. IN MARYLAND, THE FIRST BLACK U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, GENERAL COLIN POWELL, DIED. POWELL'' S MANAGEMENT IN SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIONS ASSISTED SHAPE AMERICAN FOREIGN PLAN AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
>> > > WE UNDERSTOOD THAT ALSO AMONG ALLIES DISAGREEMENTS EMERGE AND WHAT'' S ESSENTIAL IS TO FIND BACK WITH EACH OTHER. >> > > Press reporter: IN NASHVILLE, THE SONGS GLOBE SHED RESPECTED SESSION DRUMMER KENNY MALONE. ♪ JOLENE ♪ >> > > Reporter: THE PERCUSSION GAVE THE BACKBONE FOR DOLLY PARTON'' S NUMBER ONE HIT “” JOLENE.”” ALSO GONE, LEGENDARY DEEJAY PAUL JOHNSON. THE TRICK NUMBER IN THE CHICAGO HOUSE SONGS SCENE OF THE '' 90s. JOHNSON ' S “SINGLE “OBTAIN OBTAIN” DOWN” WAS A GLOBAL EXPERIENCE. ♪ ♪ >> > > Reporter: IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WILLIAM AS WELL AS CAROL STEWART DIED HOLDING HANDS. WED FOR 44 YEARS, THEY HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE THEY WERE SIMPLY 4 YEARS OLD. LITTLE GIRL MELISSA BELIEVES HER MOMS AND DADS WERE SOUL MATES. >> > > I LIKE YOU. >> AND I WILL SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN SOME DAY. > > Press reporter: IN UKIPA, THE GOLDEN STATE, A MOM AND FATHER LEAVE BEHIND FIVE KIDS. DANNY DIED A WEEK AFTER BRING TO LIFE HER FIFTH YOUNGSTER. HER SPOUSE DIED A WEEK LATER. THE YOUNGSTERS CURRENTLY LIVE WITH GRANDPARENTS. IN BELGRADE, FLORIDA, A FAMILY MEMBERS ABUSED. LISA WILSON HAD GONE DOOR TO DOOR TRYING TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED AS COMPONENT OF HER HELP THE COUNTY.DESPITE HER BEST
EFFORTS TO SAVE LIVES, SHE LOST 6 RELATIVES IN THE PERIOD OF 3 WEEKS. HIDING HER OWN 89-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER AND UNCLE AND ALSO 4 RELATIVES. IN COMMUNITIES ANYWHERE, FAMILIES, CLOSE FRIENDS AND LIKED ONES LOCATE SIGNS OF REMEMBRANCE WITH FLAGS AT THE NATIONAL SHOPPING CENTER. THE BURNING CANDLE AT CHICAGO'' S NAVY PIER. MAJESTY BUTTERFIES IN EL PASO. IN BELL MAR, NEW JERSEY, A MAKE SHIF BEACH MEMORIAL. RIMA CREATED HER BRO'' S NAME ON A SOLITARY STONE. SOON THERE WERE 3,000 MORE. AS WELL AS IN LOS ANGELES, A TEEN COMMEMORATES HER CITY'' S FALLEN THROUGH A JUMBLE QUILT, THAT IS CURRENTLY A GLOBAL JOB OF RECOVERY. >> > > BEHIND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE SQUARES IS A PERSON. AS WELL AS NOT JUST An INDIVIDUAL WHO DIED, BUT An INDIVIDUAL WHO LIVED. THEY STILL REMAIN IN INDIVIDUALS'' S HEARTS AS WELL AS MEMORIES. >> > > Press reporter: ONE OF THE PATCHWORK SQUARES PROVIDES An EASY MESSAGE OF JUMP.
