The estimated 85 trucks will serve as temporary morgues as the city becomes overwhelmed by the rising COVID-19 death toll.
photos of bodies being loaded onto a refrigerated truck
outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick, Brooklyn, taken by a neighbor. “I shared the photos with the intention that the rest of the U.S. knows to take it seriously,” said Marc Kozlow. “This is what the country should be aware of.” He told ProPublica: “We leave our windows open and we hear the hum of the refrigerator going all night long. It’s disturbing to know what’s in there.”“I still fear the worse is not going to be April but actually the beginning of May,” said de Blasio. “I guarantee you that April is going to be exceedingly tough, and we have to understand that any projection of things being all OK by Easter — there’s just no way that’s true for New York City.
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