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Coronavirus: Father and son reunited across River Taff
Jun 1, 2020
Image caption Simon Tozzo spoke to his father from across the River Taff and saw him for the first time in weeks
Waving from across a river, a father saw his son for the first time since he was diagnosed with coronavirus. Our correspondent Mark Hutchings witnessed the touching moment and describes it here.
"I'm the one in the red T-shirt."
In normal times, such a location-finder would be of little help outside the home of Welsh rugby.
But this was a son, making eye contact with his frail father for the first time since February, with just the River Taff between them.
The Principality Stadium is now the Dragon's Heart Hospital and 86-year-old Peter Tozzo is one of those being treated on the transformed pitch.
It was the red T-shirt worn by his son Simon Tozzo that caught my eye (along with his yellow cap) as I cycled past with my family group.
Simon was on his mobile, on the Fitzhamon embankment side of the river. His dad, along with a few other patients, had been brought on to the river-walk within the hospital grounds for his first taste of sunshine in 13 weeks.
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Peter who has dementia had been at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff when he was diagnosed with Covid-19, a virus he had dismissed as "stuff and nonsense".
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