A staggering front page from The New York Times.

Romi Cohn : 91, New York City, saved 56 Jewish families from the Gestapo.

Kious Kelly: 47, New York City, nurse in the Covid fight.

Marcus Edward Cooper Jr: 83, Louisiana, he loved his wife and said, "Yes, dear" a lot.

Helen Boles Days: 96, Wynnewood, Pa., made what she had work for her.

Alan Merrill: 69, New York City, songwriter of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll".

Clara Louise Bennett: 91, Albany, Ga., sang her grandchildren a song on the first day of school each year.

Jerzy Glowczewski: 97, New York City, last of the WWII Polish fighter pilots.

Tarlach Mac-Niallais: 57, New York City, Belfast-born fighter for LGBT and disability rights.

Albert Petrocelli: 73, New York City, fire chief who answered the call on 9/11.

Paul Warech: 86, Vineland, NJ, widely surmised he could have played Major League Baseball.

Janissa Delacruz: 32, Haverstraw, NY, known for having a smile on her face.

We, as a global community, have lost so much this year.

One day, we'll be able to fully unpack the scale of such a loss.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha dílse.

"They were not simply names on a list. They were us."