>> jennifer schoffstall: at night, when i remember he's not coming home. >> pelley: jennifer schoffstallback then, covid seemed like just a curiosity on the news. >> jennifer schoffstall: we're terre haute, indiana. we're not a big city. we're not world travelers. we're midwest, rural country folks. so i can't say that we really took it serious. >> pelley: she couldn't visit the hospital, so to be near him, she and others in the family sat in a car, outside his room, all day and all night-- every day. >> jennifer schoffstall: i sent one text to one firefighter and said, "8:00 tonight, i'll be at the hospital praying for john." and so that night, the entire fire department came. >> pelley: the vigil stood for more than a week. >> pastor: lord, we lift john schoffstall up to you, and we thank you with everything we got. >> pelley: but 41-year-old john schoffstall died before dawn on a sunday. jennifer was with him-- on a facetime call. >> jennifer schoffstall: they were doing c.p.r. at that time. and i was telling him to stop. don't go. i needed him. and then they said, we lost him. >> pel