Mourning family of Cargill COVID-19 death feel left behind by company
Source: CBC News
May 24, 2020 - Benito Quesada, 51, remembered as a hardworking family man who loved to make his kids smile
Two weeks ago, the union that represents the workers at the Cargill slaughterhouse near High River, Alta., announced that a third death had been linked to the facility: a 51-year-old union shop steward named Benito Quesada.
At the time, that outbreak represented the site of the largest coronavirus outbreak tied to a single location in Canada.
Quesada was described by the union as a quiet, gentle, and humble man. His family sought their privacy in the wake of his death.
But as the days went on, the family decided together that they wanted to tell Quesada's story — especially with the facility and the larger economy reopening.
"We've had many people, even just neighbours, asking us what happened," 16-year-old Ariana Quesada said in an interview Saturday. "We don't want to give those answers, because we feel that those answers are really personal.
"But we realize this issue is bigger for us and our dad's suffering shouldn't be in vain."