NYC EMT Idris Bey dies of coronavirus, becoming 8th FDNY member killed by pandemic

[RandySF]

Idris Bey, an FDNY EMT who taught emergency medical care to fellow first responders, has died of coronavirus complications, the department said Wednesday.

The 27-year veteran took part in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero and since 2002 had been assigned to the FDNY’s EMS Bureau of Training.

The 60-year-old Queens resident is survived by his four children.

“During his extraordinary career, EMT Bey responded to countless calls for help in Brooklyn, and then took his experience and dedication to our academy, where he was responsible for the lifesaving training received by thousands of FDNY members," FDNY Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said Wednesday. "Every New Yorker owes him a debt of gratitude.”


https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-fdny-emt-dies-idris-bey-20200422-3nq74wrurvaudi3njzqyh6m64m-story.html

[SunSeeker]

1. He survived 9/11 only to succumb to a Trump-enabled virus.

South Korea got their first case on Jan. 20, same day as us. South Korea lost only 240 people to date to the virus because they had a competent, able government who took it seriously, resulting in one of the lowest death rates in the world at 4.6 per 1 million population. Trump, on the other hand, lied that it was the flu and sat on his stubby orange hands for 2 months, resulting in a U.S. death total to date of 47,681, and one of the worst death rates in the world, at 145.7 per 1 million population. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/coronavirus/