{"id":28292,"date":"2021-03-23T17:43:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=28292"},"modified":"2022-02-17T19:46:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:46:44","slug":"a-year-on-cardiff-lights-up-to-remember-covid-19-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/a-year-on-cardiff-lights-up-to-remember-covid-19-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"A year on: Cardiff lights up to remember Covid-19 victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s been a year since the lockdown was announced in Wales and today marks a National Day of Reflection to remember those who died of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than a hundred buildings and landmarks across Wales will be lit up in yellow, including Cardiff Castle, Principality Stadium and Cardiff City Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirsty Fox-Smith is a member of Covid-19 Families Wales group, who campaigned for the illuminations. She lost her father in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"994\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/KIRSTYdad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/KIRSTYdad.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/KIRSTYdad-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/KIRSTYdad-770x752.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/KIRSTYdad-293x286.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"994\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/KIRSTYdad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/KIRSTYdad.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/KIRSTYdad-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/KIRSTYdad-770x752.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/KIRSTYdad-293x286.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Kirsty and her family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was really hard. I couldn\u2019t touch him, I couldn\u2019t kiss him, I couldn\u2019t feel his hands. He wasn\u2019t Dad,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI stayed for about two or three hours. I just didn\u2019t want to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI left the hospital and I sobbed. That was the last time I saw him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees is another member of the group. She lost her dad to Covid last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/03\/Anna.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Anna-Louise and her dad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen someone dies in that way you can\u2019t go through the normal rituals of grieving that you would outside of times of Covid,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe day of reflection enables us to come together and remember and reflect on our loved ones.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Minister Mark Drakeford paid his respects at the midday minute silence at Cathays Park. There was also a memorial service outside the Senedd this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff Council Leader, Huw Thomas, said the year has been very difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;One year ago, I don&#8217;t think many of us could imagine the scale of what we were all about to endure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhilst the Covid-19 pandemic has been challenging for all of us, for too many families who have lost loved ones, it has been a devastating experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People are encouraged to light a candle and pay tribute on their doorsteps at 8 o\u2019clock this evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a year since the lockdown was announced in Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":583,"featured_media":28297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,6],"tags":[207,276,208,34],"coauthors":[559],"class_list":["post-28292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","tag-cardiff-news","tag-covid-19","tag-news","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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