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reverend johnny clark senior preached her daily until he became infected with covid-19. >> i was in such horrible turmoil and pain until i actually wanted to take my life. >> the 72-year-old said the pain was so unbearable he contemplated suicide for the first time in his life. he was hospitalized for nearly a month and a half end on a ventilator for 10 days. >> the doctors say they will keep me on the machine and get you better, dad. >>reporter: a nurse used her phone to help her communicate with her family. now they want to help others. >> we wanted to give people awareness and hope. >> clark tells me he felt weak three days after returning from a trip from new orleans where he may have contracted covid- 19. he was barely able to walk and had a fever and taken by ambulance to the hospital. they tell me they introduced me into a coma but i cannot remember. >> this is video of clark arriving home after his release from the hospital april 30th and credits his survival to great medical care in the power of prayer and pain by the laws for those who did not survive. >> it hurts because people are suffering. it hurts

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reverend johnny clark preached here daily until he became infected with coronavirus. >> i was in such horrible turmoil and pain, i actually wanted to take my life. >> he says the pain was so unbearable he contemplated suicide for the first time in his life. he was hospitalized for a month and a half. he was on a ventilator for 10 days. >> the doctors try to get you better. but the a nurse used her phone to help him communicate with his family. now they want to help others. >> we want to give people awareness and hope area it but he says he felt weak three days after returning from new orleans where he contracted covid-19. he was barely able to walk and he had a fever. he was taken by ambulance to the hospital. >> they told me that they were going to put me into a coma. i could not remember. >> this is video of clark arriving home after his release from the hospital. he credits his survival to great medical care and the power of prayer. he says he has been pained by the loss of those that did not survive. >> people are suffering. it hurts because i cannot do anything to help area >> has a message to faith leade

for 15 years reverend johnny clark senior preached here daily until he became infected with covid-19. >> i was in such terrible turmoil and pain until i actually wanted to take my life. >>reporter: the 72-year-old said the pain was so unbearable he contemplated suicide for the first time in his life. he was hospital he did for a month and a half and on a ventilator for 10 days. >> they say they keep you on the machine to get you better, dad. >> anders used her phone to help her communicate with his family and now they want to help others. >> we want to give people awareness and hope. >> clark said he felt week three days after returning from a trip from new orleans where he may have contracted covid- 19. he was barely able to walk and had a fever. they tell me they had to induce me into a coma. i could not remember. expect this was video of clark arriving home after his release from the hospital april 30th and credits is survival to great medical care in the power of prayer. he is pained by the loss of those that did not survive. >> it hurts because people are suffering. it hurts because i can't do anything to help but pray. >

she has first-hand experience with the dangers, johnny clark senior preached daily, at the word assembly church in east oakland. he told ktvu but that the pain was unbearable . he was hospitalized for a month and a half on a ventilator for 10 days. >>> i was in horrible turmoil and pain, until i wanted to take my life. it hurts because people are suffering. it hurts because i cannot do anything to help, but pray. >>> doctors think that reverend clark was infected when he visited new orleans earlier this year, he says he misses going to church and delivering sermons and feeding the homeless. he is urging houses of worship to slow down and follow the advice of medical professionals. >>> 46 dmv field offices will reopen this week, officials with the department of motor vehicles say a total of 71 locations will be open by tomorrow. workers are helping drivers with limited transactions requiring an in person visit an appointment are required. offices scheduled to open include oakland, pittsburgh, san mateo, and santa clara. you can check what is open, or about to reopen in every bay area county with the ktvu news app. there's a running list of wh

johnnie clark has a most passed away from the virus. he preached every day until contracting the virus. he's 72 years old, he told us at ktvu the paincovid-19 was unbearable. he even thought about suicide. he was in the hospital for almost 1 1/2 months, and on a ventilator for 10 days. >> i was in such horrible turmoil and agony, until i actually wanted to take my life. it hurts that god's people are suffering. it hurts! because i can't do anything to really help, but pray. >> the doctors think reverend clark became infected when he was in new orleans earlier this year. he says he misses going to church, he misses delivering sermons, and also feeding the homeless. he is urging leaders of churches to slow down, follow the advice of medical professions. >>> 46 more dmv offices set to reopen this week. the department of motor vehicles saying 71 locations will be open by tomorrow. helping drivers with limited transactions that require in- person visit, and abutments are required here. offices scheduled to reopen include pittsburg, san mateo, and santa clara. and you can check what's open or about to reopen in every area county with the

for 15 years reverend johnny clark senior preached here on this daily before he he became infected with covid-19. >> i was in such horrible turmoil and pain until i actually wanted to take my life. >> reporter: the 72-year-old tells me the pain was so unbearable he contemplated suicide for the first time in his life. he was hospitalized for nearly a month and a half. he was on a ventilator for 10 days. >> the dr. said that they are keeping me on the machine trying to get you better. >> reporter: he shared this video of his father in the hospital. a nurse used her phone to help them communicate with his family. now they want to help others. clark tells me he felt weak, three days after returning home from a trip to new orleans where he may have contracted covid-19. he was barely able to walk and he had a fever. he was taken by ambulance to the hospital. >> they tell me that they introduced me into a coma. but i couldn't remember. >> reporter: this is video of clark arriving home after his release from the hospital april 30th. he credits his survival to great medical care and the power of prayer. he says he's pained by the loss of those who

johnny clark senior preached here until he was infected with covid-19. >> i was struggling, i actually wanted to take my life. >> the 72-year-old says the pain was so unbearable that a contemplated suicide for their first time in his life. he was hospitalized for a month and a half. he was on a ventilator for 10 days. >> the doctor says they keep you on the machine, they're trying to get you better. >> he shared with me the video of his father and the hospital, a nurse used her phone to help him communicate with his family. now they want to help others. >> want want to give people awareness and how. >> he felt weak, three days after returning to new orleans where he contractedwalk, and he had a fever. he was taken by ambulance to the hospital. >> they tell me that they induced me into a, -- i could not remember. >> this is video of clark arriving home from his release from the hospital. he credits his survival to great medical care and the power of prayer. he says he is pained by the loss of those that did not survive. >> it hurts because people are suffering. it hurts because i cannot do anything to really help, but pray. >> is a message to faith leaders who