Dec 31, 2020
Joel and Susan Pittelman, from Naples, Fla., wait in line to receive COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday at East County Regional Library in Lehigh Acres, Fla. (Andrew West /The News-Press via AP)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Terry Beth Hadler was so eager to get a lifesaving COVID-19 vaccination that the 69-year-old piano teacher stood in line overnight in a parking lot with hundreds of other senior citizens.
She wouldn’t do it again.
Hadler said she waited 14 hours and that a brawl nearly erupted before dawn on Tuesday when people cut in line outside the library in Bonita Springs, Florida, where officials were offering shots on a first-come, first-served basis to those 65 or older.