South Florida man suffers astonishing tragedy after parents, brother die within days of each other

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. Tragedy surrounds a Palm Beach County family after a mother, father and son died after contracting COVID-19.

Eric Sherman went through the unthinkable after losing his closest family members.

On January 1, he lived with his parents and brother.

And now, one month later, he’s the only one still alive.

When Sherman fell ill before the new year, he had no idea it was COVID-19, nor that it would change his life forever.

“I basically thought I had a bad flu or something,” he said. “I got so weak and fever started and you were so weak, but you can not even go to the bathroom.”

Sherman lived with his mother and father, Leslie and Douglas, and his older brother, Marc, who all had medical conditions.

When all four of them became ill, they all went to the hospital. Only Sherman’s mother and brother were admitted.

While he and his father recovered at home, Leslie and Marc’s conditions slowly decreased.

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‘They spent the first three weeks in ICU, you can not talk to them, you get the same status calls and the only time you really get a change in the calls is when the chaplain calls or the doctor calls and around you to tell that it is spreading, ”Sherman said.

First, Sherman’s brother died on Tuesday, January 26, and then his mother died about 24 hours later.

He and his father began arranging funeral arrangements for Sun. January 31, but early in the morning, hours before the funeral, Sherman found his father dead in his bathroom after a heart attack from what Sherman said was a broken heart.

“All I know so far is that they were three of the most sincere people you could find on this planet,” he said. “It is tragic and I could only hope that today there is more birth with pure-hearted children to replace them.”

Sherman said his parents were both beloved teachers and that his brother was a baseball and wrestling acquaintance who would turn 50 by Wednesday.