Report: Hundreds Of Bodies Of NYC's Spring Covid Victims Still In Freezer Trucks
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Report: Hundreds Of Bodies Of NYC’s Spring Covid Victims Still In Freezer Trucks
Jemima McEvoy
More than half a year after New York City’s deadly coronavirus surge, hundreds of bodies are still being stored in freezer trucks on the Brooklyn waterfront, The Wall Street Journal first reported Sunday, a show of just how unprepared the country’s systems were for handling this deadly pandemic.
Per the report, about 650 bodies are still being stored in freezer trucks at a disaster morgue that was set up on a pier in Sunset Park in April.
According to New York City’s Chief Medical Examiner, many of the bodies are people who either couldn’t afford a proper burial or whose families couldn’t be located.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/11/22/report-hundreds-of-bodies-of-nycs-spring-covid-victims-still-in-freezer-trucks/