NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns lost mom, six other relatives, to COVID-19
It’s
been a tough year for most, but perhaps few have had it as bad as basketballer Karl-Anthony
Towns, who lost seven relatives, including his mother, to the coronavirus.
The
Minnesota Timberwolves player lost his mother to coronavirus complications in April,
a traumatic hit that would not be the pandemic’s last.
He
told reporters last Friday that he most recently lost an uncle to the virus. “I feel like I’ve been hardened a little bit
by life and humbled,” the two-time NBA All-Star said.
“I’ve seen a lot of coffins in the last
seven months, eight months,” Towns said. “But I have a lot of people
who have — in my family and my mom’s family — who have gotten COVID. I’m the
one looking for answers still, trying to find how to keep them healthy. It’s
just a lot of responsibility on me to keep my family well-informed and to make
all the moves necessary to keep them alive.”
