March 25 (UPI) -- Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns held back tears during a video he posted Wednesday on social media, revealing that his mother is in a medically induced coma due to the coronavirus.
The two-time All-Star also asked his 4 million combined social media followers to take every precaution to avoid spreading COVID-19. Towns said his mother, Jacqueline Cruz, is being helped to breath by a ventilator.