Filmmaker Kunal Kohli says his maternal aunt has passed away in Chicago after an eight week long battle with coronavirus.
The filmmaker said it was heartbreaking for the families to not be together in these testing times due to the pandemic.
"Lost my Masi to Covid after an 8 week struggle. In Chicago. We're a large family that's really close. We can't be together at this time. This is as painful as the loss. Seeing my Mom Masi's & Mama's not being able to be together at this time is really hard," Kunal posted on Twitter on Saturday.
The director recalled how during the treatment, his cousin sister would go to the hospital, sit in her car "and pray for her mother."
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