OVIEDO, Fla. - A centenarian and Marine Corps veteran survived being hospitalized by COVID-19 and is sharing his story with FOX 35 News.At 100, John Henry Chaney still likes to ride his bicycle every day.“I feel great every day,” Chaney said. “The only thing I do is ride that bike and walk and look at the news.
I like to know what’s going on in the world.”Learning about COVID-19 spreading around the world and then contracting the virus himself.“I would never thought that I would have anything like that,” he said.Chaney lives in Oviedo with his daughter, Mary Johnson.
She said she knew something wasn’t right.Advertisement“He was having an issue with shortness of breath,” Johnson said. “When his temperature spiked 99.9 I said, ok we gotta go.