Peter DeMarco

Please read "Losing Laura", my Boston Globe story about my wife

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

A very personal plea today: Tell anyone w asthma this coming week is the MOST dangerous of the year. "Asthma Peak Week" sees more attacks than any other bc of ragweed pollen. Six years ago today I lost my wife, Laura, to an attack🙏Share her story💜> link https://t.co/xRfvpQVmux

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

This is a great Ukrainian charity says my friend Katya, a Ukrainian journalist who's there right now. It's UK based so donations are both easy & safe through Paypal or credit card. DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Thinking of you K @decappeal #HelpUkraine https://t.co/yDWwrhTZ2x

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

This is my other account - great way to help

[Out Plowing Snow! @outplowingsnow]

This is a great Ukrainian charity says my friend Katya, a Ukrainian journalist who's there right now. It's UK based so donations are both easy & safe through Paypal or credit card. DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Thinking of you K @decappeal #HelpUkraine https://t.co/U1jqERROjg

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

Passing Laura’s Law a year ago was only half the battle. To save lives, the MA Department of Public Health must implement strong regulations this spring for hospitals to follow -- including these https://t.co/1i1AkwSXqV via @BostonGlobe @senjehlen @Barber4StateRep #LosingLaura

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

Laura's Law passed a year ago but hasn't changed anything yet. It's up to the Department of Public Health to implement official hospital regulations this spring. But to save lives the rules must be strong - like these examples @BostonGlobeMag #LosingLaura https://t.co/1i1AkwSXqV

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

Tiffany, Alessandra, Nicola, Jordan and others - you're remembered always https://t.co/4qsGOPbJPX

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

An eighth-grader. A twin sister. A grandfather. A young husband ... and my wife, Laura. All taken by asthma. Thank you @AAFANational for honoring the 3,500 we lose yearly on your first Day of Remembrance. Every death is shocking, sad, unfair. Let's hope for a cure ❤️💜 1/2

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

My sincerest thanks @celtics @MAStateLottery for splashing Laura's beautiful smile on the Garden Jumbotron Friday night. (Pics in this thread.) She played hoops & was a Celts fan so a fitting honor. Thank you Heroes' Darrus @D_Rus for being so caring @BostonGlobeMag @BostonGlobe

[Boston Celtics @celtics]

Last night we honored @MAStateLottery #HeroAmongUs Laura Levis who touched countless lives even after she passed due to an asthma attack. Her story led to "Laura's Law," a bill which ensures no patient will struggle to locate or gain entrance to an emergency department.

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

We pinched ourselves, amazed to be sitting together at a real ballgame again. 2020 was terribly real. But today felt normal, and that was joyous. "It's a sunny day. That's what you need for the smile and the spirit," he said. Actually Dad, for that I just need to be with you ⚾️❤️

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

YES! Dad and I made it to Opening Day yet again, our 35th in a row. We wore masks (thank God, so did everyone else.) Peanuts & pizza for lunch. It was freezing & the Red Sox couldn't buy a hit, but what did we care? .../more
#OpeningDay @BostonGlobeMag @BostonGlobe @RedSox

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

As of yesterday we didn't have tickets - they were just too expensive & too rare with a mere 4,500 fans allowed in Fenway. But it rained so hard that less-than-diehard fans started selling at fire sale prices. I grabbed a pair fast; the game got postponed to today .../one more

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

#Democracy is today's word & for me w passage of Laura's Law by @MassLegislature @MA_Senate @massgovernor @CharlieBakerMA. These leaders helped make it possible-TY💜 @Jo_Comerford
@RepJohnMahoney @CindyFriedmanMA @RepMichlewitz @SenBruceTarr
@KarenSpilka
@SpeakerDeLeo
@RonMariano

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

A emotional video of Friday's signing of Laura's Law by MA Governor Baker - click link, not the photo -https://t.co/PWQquWFhkS. Includes my remarks, Sen. Pat Jehlen's & the Governor's. They somehow miss his actual signing. Trust me, it happened💜 @TODAYshow @tvkatesnow @cogwbur

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

A emotional video of Friday's signing of Laura's Law by Governor Baker - click link, not the photo -https://t.co/PWQquWFhkS. Includes my remarks, Sen. Pat Jehlen's & the Governor's. They somehow miss his actual signing. Trust me, it happened💜 @BostonGlobeMag @BostonGlobe @WBUR

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

I pray hospitals nationally will make ER entrances as easy as possible to find & get inside. As Laura found, so often they're not. Read "Losing Laura" in
@BostonGlobeMag. Thank you @TODAYshow @NBCNightlyNews @tvkatesnow for a story that WILL save lives 💜
https://t.co/6ZuNJARbdb

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

Thank you @tvkatesnow @ericsalzman for again sharing Laura's story. Maybe hospitals nationally will take steps to make ER entrances as easy as possible to find & get inside. So often they're not. Read "Losing Laura" in @BostonGlobe @BostonGlobeMag @WBUR https://t.co/6ZuNJARbdb

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

I wrote "Losing Laura" for the Boston Globe more than 2 years ago - the reason for Laura's Law. She lost every coin flip starting with her 911 call, which went to the wrong department. Life is so fragile & precious. Love those close to you with all your❤️ https://t.co/SVFdT78Y5Z

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

Laura's Law is in the books - #Democracy worked as it should. Lives will be saved bc of my wife, Laura Levis. So glad this day came. I love you 💜 /more @BostonGlobe @BostonGlobeMag @MassGovernor @senjehlen @Barber4StateRep @AAFANational @WBUR @cogwbur https://t.co/M8XVcjWaSg

[Peter DeMarco @peterdemarco]

All Laura needed was a simple, ER sign above a hospital door, but there was none in site. Laura's Law will make every ER entrance as easy to find and get inside as possible. It's amazing how often they aren't. You probably have your own story ../more https://t.co/hLDBj5rx1W