Jon Coelho, 32, died Wednesday of cardiac arrest brought on by the coronavirus. He was a young and healthy husband and father of two.

After retrieving his belongings from the hospital, his wife found a note in his phone that he'd left her and the kids:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/coronavirus-victim-jon-coelho-phone-note-wife-children

Writing the stories of who has been lost in the pandemic has been gutting, but an honor.

You get to know someone you'll never get to meet. You ache for their loved ones. You do your best to do them justice.

Here are all our stories from this project: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/the-victims-of-covid-19