for the pbs newshour, i'm malcolm brabt in grottammare. >> nawaz: since the very beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, we've heard stories of loss and lasting illness but for most- the virus is not a death sentence. t ight we wanted to bring you some of those stories of survival and hope. >> i am a covid-19 survivor. >> iurvived coronavirus. >> i'm 91 years old and i survived coronavirus. >> i'm a nurse practitioner, i'm a frontliner and also a coronavirus survivor. >> i'm also a covid-19 survivor. >> i'm a coronavirus survivor and i donated i donated plasma as wl. >> i had a fever, but it was never as high as they ated on the news. i was very lethargic. >> i've tten sick, but i've never like it felt like i was at a sauna or sweat lodge, like where i was just like wet. >> body aches, fatigue, and then a little bit of nausea. i didn't have any shortness of breath. no fever at all. >> i was asymptomatic and i had no-- i didn't feel y different than i did normally. >> they did a chest x and i had a severe bilateral pneumonia. >> i was gasping for breath, probably about every 20 or 30 times a