Grim COVID-19 milestone: Staten Island tops 1,500 suspected deaths; victims from all walks of life
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 11, 2021
Those who have succumbed to the disease include, clockwise from the left: Rabbi Avraham Hakohen (Romi) Cohen, NYPD traffic enforcement agent Richard Austin, retired FDNY Battalion Chief Albert “Al” Petrocelli, Msgr. Richard Guastella, retired Firefighter Matthew F. Moore and teacher Sharon Nearby.
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Staten Island has topped 1,500 suspected coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths, city Health Department data shows.
Since March 20, the deadly disease has claimed the lives of beloved priests, 9/11 heroes, war veterans, a Holocaust survivor, teachers, members of the NYPD, a former FDNY battalion chief, a Special Olympian and scores of others.
Death, kindness, controversy and hope for 2021
Updated on Dec 28, 2020;
Published on Dec 28, 2020
(AP Photo/Kathy Willens) AP
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. There was an incessant sound of sirens as emergency calls mounted in the spring.
Solemn silence during funerals for those for whom they were permitted.
In the approximately 300 days since the coronavirus (COVID-19) first hit Staten Island, our lives were drastically changed, perhaps forever.
Yet as 2020 ends, the vaccine’s arrival sparked hope for the future.
What follows is a look at how the virus grew from a single confirmed case to exact a staggering toll on Staten Island the last 10 months: