Kilmarnock great-grandfather escaped relatively unscathed after half the residents at his sheltered housing complex contracted the killer virus last November.Like every cruel Covid fight, Willie's battle meant his family would have to support him from the sidelines.But the remarkable OAP's adaptability had seen him using a laptop and setting up his own Facebook account prior to the pandemic.Boasting more friends than his daughter, the popular pensioner – who resides at the charity-run Abbeyfield House in Kilmarnock – was able to video call his family by himself every single day of lockdown.A 'lifeline' for Willie, now 97, and his five kids, the tech also enabled the family to be there when he was told the crushing news that he had tested.
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