'It's as if life stopped': Memorial concert marks Covid anniversary
BBCA County Fermanagh woman who lost both her parents to Covid-19, within just over a month of each other, has said "life stopped" when they died.
Hazel Gray was among those who gathered for a memorial concert in Belfast to honour loved ones who died during the pandemic.
It was part of a UK-wide day of reflection to mark five years since the start of the outbreak of the virus.
Ms Gray's parents George and Violet Little died in December 2020 and January 2021 respectively, they were 80 and 78 years old.
"They disappeared. It's the only way I can describe it," Hazel Gray told BBC News NI.
"They went to hospital and never came home. The only parts of them that came home were two bags of contaminated waste, which was an insult. It's just heart breaking."
Ms Gray said she hasn't "moved on" from her grief.
"There's no way of explaining it unless you've been through this," she said.
"It's as if life stopped and slowly you're just trying to regain the fact that this happened, and you do have to keep going."
Ms Gray, who is from just outside Enniskillen, said she takes inspiration from her mother.
"My mum's motto in life was, 'sure what do you do":[]}