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Mayor James Davis recalled an encounter with two residents while driving them to get their vaccines during a snowstorm.
“Recently, I had the privilege of driving Bennett and Susan Klausner to Bayonne Medical Center for their vaccines,” Davis said. “Ben’s dad, Sam Klausner, was the owner of Sam’s Confectionery on 4th Street and JFK. As a young boy growing up downtown, many of us spent quite a bit of time in Sam’s store learning how to play pinball and drinking cherry Coke. Bayonne has many families whose lives intersect, and these stories are part of who we are!”
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Municipal officials in this New Jersey city are getting behind the wheel to bring residents in need of rides to their COVID-19 vaccine appointments.
Among them, Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis, who recently drove a couple in their 80s to Bayonne Medical Center,
Although Ben and Susan Klausner live within walking distance of Bayonne Medical Center, they feared that the snow, sleet and ice predicted by forecasters would prevent them from getting to the hospital safely.
Susan was among the dozens of local residents who reached out to City Hall looking for someone who might be able to help.
When an elderly couple needed a ride to get their COVID vaccine, the mayor stepped in
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
Bayonne mayor Jimmy Davis helps Sam Klausner down the stairs during snowy weather to take him and his wife Susan for their COVID vaccine appointments. (Courtesy City of Bayonne)
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Susan and Ben Klausner were watching the weather reports closely.
They had appointments for the second dose of the COVID vaccine scheduled for Feb. 19, but the forecast was calling for snow, ice and sleet.
They don’t live far from their vaccine location Bayonne Medical Center but the couple, in their 80s, worried that they couldn’t walk there safely in bad weather.