5-yr-old US boy who lost parents to COVID-19 gets surprise birthday parade

5-yr-old US boy who lost parents to COVID-19 gets surprise birthday parade

The drive-by parade featured fire trucks, dinosaurs as well as Santa and Mrs Claus.

A five-year-old boy in Texas, US, who lost both his parents to coronavirus, got a surprise birthday parade that was organised by community members and law enforcement agencies. Raiden Gonzalez rode around with firefighters in one of the city's fire trucks before the parade began. The drive-by parade featured fire trucks, dinosaurs as well as Santa and Mrs Claus.

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Family members said Gonzalez, who was a cement truck driver, contracted the coronavirus at work. His wife worked as a preschool teacher and had been extremely careful to protect herself and her family from the virus. It’s unclear how she got sick, though her mother, Rozie Salinas, told KTVU it was not through work.

Raiden has now been placed in the care of his maternal grandmother, whom he calls his nana. Salinas said that her grandson has been holding up, but there have been moments when he asks for his parents, saying he wants them to come back. “I just have to remind him that they are now angels and they are watching over us and protecting us,” the grandmother said.

While she herself has been grappling with the heartbreaking loss of her daughter and son-in-law, Salinas said she’s also been very busy keeping focused on her grandson.

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