Son's death from COVID a total shock

Tony Loeppky would reassure his mother during their customary Saturday phone calls that he was wearing his mask and keeping a safe distance from others when he did his grocery shopping.

He didn't call her on Saturday, Nov. 7.

Forty-eight hours later, the long-haul trucker was found dead in his Fargo, N.D., home.

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