ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — The dark cover came off revealing a 16-foot-tall sculpture completing Howard County’s COVID-19 memorial in Meadowbrook Park bringing back painful memories for those who suffered lasting losses like the family of 73-year-old Amir Rizvi.

“It was August of 2020 when I remember personally driving both my mother and my father to the hospital when we found out they were positive for COVID-19 due to attending a family gathering a few weeks prior,” recalled Shahan Rizvi.

As his condition worsened, doctors recommended the patriarch of the family be placed on a ventilator.

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“He said, ‘Listen, You can put me on the ventilator. It’s fi

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