Thanksgiving is a time when loved ones all come together to give thanks, but some families are missing a table setting this year. Two-hundred-and-forty-three New Orleans families have lost a child, mother, father or sibling to violence this year alone. Those families remembering the person they lost instead of celebrating life. Eyewitness News sat down with Nekisha McGlothen, who's going into the holiday season without her teenage son. “It's hard every day, but it’s harder with holidays," McGlothen said. "It’s the time to have family from near and far around just having all these people from out of town, and somebody that’s supposed to be here with me every day is not.” MORE: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/243-families-will-be-missing-a-loved-one-this-thanksgiving-in-new-orleans/289-bc4fef70-6054-44ba-8dc0-f31014ce0c3f