First Covid-19 vaccines administered in Syracuse; plus, another downtown restaurant closes permanently (Good Morning CNY for Dec. 16)
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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Kenzo B. Mukendi, of Syracuse, became the first person in Central New York to receive the new Covid-19 vaccine. Mukendi works at Upstate Medical University, where his job includes cleaning rooms in the Covid-19 ward.Katrina Tulloch | ktulloch@syracuse.com
Coronavirus Update
Hospital workers get CNY’s first Covid-19 vaccinations: A housekeeper at Upstate University Hospital on Tuesday became the first person in Central New York to receive an injection of the new Covid-19 vaccine, raising hopes that the end of the deadly pandemic is in sight. Starting today, Upstate plans to vaccinate as many as 600 workers a day. (Video: Watch the vaccinations).
A ‘Christmas miracle’: CNY man comes home 5 days after he’s struck by train in Camillus
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
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Lysander, N.Y. Tyler Carbonaro was walking home from work, listening to music last Wednesday afternoon when a train struck him in Camillus.
Carbonaro, 24, said he never heard the train coming from behind him. His noise-cancelling headphones played Syracuse native rapper Toosii’s “Sinners Prayer” as he walked next to the train tracks near Sherwood Avenue.
It was 4:25 p.m. and Carbonaro said he was running a little behind schedule getting home, but for a good reason. He said he had just had a meeting at Home Depot, where he’s worked part-time for two months, and was just offered a full-time position. He accepted and very excited, he said.