Anyone Watching The Covid 19 Memorial

[bdamomma]

MSNBC

[sinkingfeeling]

1. On ABC.

[Jersey Devil]

2. Also Facebook Live (nt)

x

[dhill926]

3. holy god is this emotional....

hope is on the way, America.

[underpants]

4. CNN

[Hugin]

5. ...

- I'd like to post over 400,000 of these, but, time won't permit.

[LisaM]

6. Yes.

Everything about it was perfect.

[hlthe2b]

7. Trying to....

My vision is clouded

[Freedomofspeech]

8. On MSNBC

😭

[AngryOldDem]

9. Yes.

More empathy and care shown in 15 minutes than what we’ve seen in four years.

My porch light is also on.

[Lonestarblue]

35. Mine too.

What a beautiful ceremony.

[a kennedy]

10. Yup.....am bawling......just the humanity in these two........

and I loved Dr. Biden’s outfit, was beautiful.

[bdamomma]

59. Beautiful colour

She's a lovely woman. Dr. Jilly, President Biden calls her that, Jilly.

Class, truth, empathy, knowledge is back.

[a kennedy]

60. I thought kinda an interesting color.....PURPLE eh?? eom

[teach1st]

11. Tears in my eyes

So nice to have our unfathomable loss acknowledged by real leaders in such a beautiful and unifying way.

[MFGsunny]

40. + 1000 n/t

[bluestarone]

12. YES!

Just mentioned to the wife that it sure feels GREAT to see the REAL America AGAIN!!

[Claire Oh Nette]

13. Stunning

Last year, my husband and I had one day in DC due to airport closing an dflight reroutings as we returned to bury his mother in Iowa.

I walked across that bridge on the left of the Lincoln Memorial from Arlington to our Capitol with tears then tht froze to my cheeks because it was 30°.
We walked into the Lincoln Memorial. Groups of people scattered about. Taking pictures, quiet, somber, as it was a holy kind of place. I stood where MLK stood. I looked out over the Mall to the Washington Monument, and i was struck then by how magnificent an how peaceful this place was.

People protest, abortion I think. Peacefully.

I watched the Insurrection unfold live.

I am again, proud to be American, despite the shameful events of January 6.

[Va Lefty]

14. CBS

Very powerful

[redstatebluegirl]

15. Yes, it is amazing.

[Bucky]

16. I should. But it seems premature.

We're still in for the worst of the pandemic. Half the people who've got sick with Covid have done so only since the election. That's what a "rapidly accelerating rate of infection" looks like. Fortunately medical teams have reduced the disease's mortality rate, but that also means we're increasing the long-term disabled rate among those who catch it.

I have a friend who caught it in April--super healthy yoga nut--and she still hasn't got her taste buds back. So yeah, given most of the experts are saying we're at about the halfway point in this crisis and Trump's managed to fuck up the supply train on his way out the door--his one final fuck you to America--I think a memorial tribute to the fallen is jumping the gun.

[Wounded Bear]

29. Perhaps, but given that the previous "pres" basically blew it all off...

it was a good way to let the country know that the new Administration really gives a shit.

It's a start. JMO, of course.

[lunatica]

17. They're saying the moment cracked people

I’m one of them. I haven’t stopped crying yet.

[7wo7rees]

24. I cracked. Can't quit crying.......

Finally, a moment of national mourning for what we've lost.....

[LibinMo]

44. I've shed some tears I didn't think I had left.

Lost my husband to Covid in August after he'd spent 3 months in a nursing home under quarantine. We were unable to be with him when he died. I know there are countless others with similar stories. I weep for them too. This was the memorial we didn't get to have. I thank God that Biden will be in charge tomorrow.

[electric_blue68]

48. How awful

[MustLoveBeagles]

56. I'm sorry

[lunatica]

57. Hugs to you and yours

I’m so sorry you lost your husband.

I lost my son a few years ago and like Biden says it is always with you, so it isn’t hard to know your pain and want to hug you.

He should have had you and his family with him. All of the people who have or will succumb to COVID should have had their loved ones there. But if a nurse was there then they didn’t die alone. There was an angel with them.

[bdamomma]

62. So sorry

for your loss. So sad, that we have lost so many innocent people.

[frazzled]

18. Yes, and lit a candle in the window here

Very simple, very moving.

[wryter2000]

19. Wonderful

Tears everywhere

[Blue Owl]

20. K&R

[Dagstead Bumwood]

21. I tuned in late and missed it

but I am enjoying the shots of the capital. I've never been there, but despite all the shit that's gone down there recently, it looks quite beautiful at night.

[Ms. Toad]

25. Here -

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/watch-live-biden-harris-speak-at-memorial-ceremony-in-honor-of-covid-19-victims

Just drag the scroll bar back to the beginning

[Dagstead Bumwood]

30. Thanks!

[lunatica]

31. It started with two ladies singing

Joe Biden spoke after the First Lady, a nurse who sang Amazing Grace, and another lady who sang Hallelujah. Both sang a cappella. That’s when my I got goosebumps and I started crying.

[malaise]

22. Touching

Empathy at last

[crickets]

23. Yes. It was beautiful, solemn, and moving.

Grace and compassion are returning to our White House.

[GoCubsGo]

26. None of the local networks here aired it.

So, no. I did not get to see it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

53. Here's a link to the PBS coverage. It's gorgeous!

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/watch-live-biden-harris-speak-at-memorial-ceremony-in-honor-of-covid-19-victims

[GoCubsGo]

63. Thank you!!!

[Greybnk48]

27. On MSNBC.

The lights made me cry, and I'm sure I'm not alone. So beautiful. 400,000+ souls.

[kpete]

28. quite special

[AwakeAtLast]

32. Spectacular!

[Paper Roses]

33. Tears for all those we lost and for what we may expect. n/t

[PirateRo]

36. Love your bunny

I never had the skill to do that.

[PirateRo]

34. Utge talk is to make the lights permanent

I think they should be.

The way this is moving, I don’t see it slowing before we hit ridiculously larger numbers.

[robleb]

37. The President of the United States

honored the victims of the pandemic and the hurt of our great nation.

More than the orange buffoon was willing or able to do.

God Bless America!

[iluvtennis]

38. A very moving memorial. nt

[akbacchus_BC]

39. I did, it was very emotional.

[Aerator]

41. Fox wouldn't even broadcast it .Shame on them

[Collimator]

42. Missed it in real time.

Just watched it on C-Span.

My favorite part was when Biden expressed his thanks to the young nurse. You hear him and you know this is a man who has sat his share of hospital vigils.

I have my candle burning in the window this night. Just a gesture, perhaps? Who will see it? Well, as the Yiddish proverb goes:

"It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness. "

So, tonight, instead of cursing the horrible ideas that brought us T***p, I will look to that small flame and have hope.

[deurbano]

43. I cried and cried. Here in San Francisco, church bells were ringing.

[demtenjeep]

45. beautiful

simple and moving

[mnhtnbb]

46. Very touching. Beautiful time of day.

Gorgeous visuals. Eloquence in the simplicity of the ceremony.

Well done.

[SergeStorms]

47. After the past year's carnage with Trump....

and not having any acknowledgement or apologies for his failure to protect the people of our country, it was a wonderful and moving tribute to those who died needlessly. This is how you lead a country.

[electric_blue68]

49. Caught it afterwards. Deeply moving.

I'll see if I have an electric candle with a working battery.

[cp]

50. Simply beautiful and heartfelt

Lit my candle to join our grief.
Many tears and deep emotion.

[relayerbob]

51. Very moving.

[tiredtoo]

52. It was great

Our country has needed this for a long time!

[ancianita]

54. MSNBC made this touching and beautiful. The emotional speakers spoke healing words.

[MustLoveBeagles]

55. I did

It was very moving. It made me cry.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

64. 😭