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‘I Couldn’t Imagine It Would Come To Me’: North Texas’ 1st COVID-19 Survivor Rev. Robert Pace Reflects 1 Year Later

"I remember hearing about COVID," says Rev. Robert Pace, Rector, Trinity Episcopal Church in Fort Worth.

(CBS News)

March 9, 2021

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – One year ago, March 9, 2020, marked North Texas’ first Covid-19 diagnosis, launching a year that saw our lives turned upside down.

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“I remember hearing about COVID,” says Rev. Robert Pace, Rector, Trinity Episcopal Church in Fort Worth. “I mean, it’s one of those terrible things that was sweeping the world, but like I imagine, most people. I couldn’t imagine that it would come to me or come to us. Just couldn’t even imagine it.”

The Rev. Pace would soon learn just how wrong he was.

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