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Anthony Almojera says he saw more cardiac arrests in two months than he had in The Past five years

It is the worst day of Anthony Almojera career.

In only One layer in the beginning of April, The Veteran New York City paramedic, had to say a dozen families who had a loved One died in a suspected Corona Virus. But in The Days That followed, was this his gloomy routine.

New York was at the forefront of the global Covid-19-pandemic, with The State reporting more diagnosed cases than any single country.

Anthony, a Lieutenant in the medics and Vice-President of The Fire Department of New York 's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) officers' union, under a layer of talked to us about the realities in a time That calls were attacks on a similar volume on The Day of the 9/11 terror.

Since then, five of his colleagues died. Four contracted Corona Virus, And One took his own life after he co-workers, he was struggling to cope with all the deaths he saw.

More Than two million people in the U.S. have been infected with the coronavirus, and More Than 30,000 in New York died. The Death Toll is More Than in Spain or France, two of the countries most severely affected.

The Number of coronavirus-related death in high - profile cases in New York , with 36 reported in The State on Wednesday-One of the lowest daily total since the pandemic began.

to respond While the paramedics in New York City next to the patient's symptoms of the coronavirus show the volume of calls you receive Back To a normal level, and to stop the restrictions to be eased, the spread of The Virus beginning.

But Anthony, 43, is still grappling with What Happened .

A Hospital Ship docked in The City during The Peak of The Crisis

At The Height of the health crisis in New York , he says he was responding to between nine and 13 coronavirus-related cardiac arrests on The Day , on the top of the "normal" call-outs.

"As a doctor, you see death, it is One of the things That you have to navigate and deal with, but I went to more cardiac arrests in the last two months than I have in the last five years," he says. "The overwhelming majority of them were from Covid-19. "

In One case, he went to A House in The Bronx , where he was, said A Woman was sick on the couch. As he entered The Room , he knew immediately There was nothing he could do - She was already long dead.

The Woman had been diagnosed with coronavirus had been cared for daughter of your son, but to this day, only her-in-law was in The House .

"I said, 'What about your husband, how is he?" and She said "He died in the hospital last week. The wife died without knowing That her son had died," he recalls.

While the majority of coronavirus-saw patients Anthony on The Height of the health crisis, were over the Age Of 50, they were All In higher risk categories.

In another case, he was invited to the apartment of a 31-year-Old Man , of the to breathe already with all the common symptoms of coronavirus, before he stopped.

His Family said Anthony had The Man continued to show up to his job in the supermarket, although they are uncomfortable, because "he could not afford to be sick" - he had a fear of loss of income he needed to support himself and his seven-year-old daughter.

In The House , the team made it back, a pulse, and Anthony was hopeful That due to his age, The Man would survive. Anthony learned later That Day That The Man had died.

Anthony, experiences were shared by first responders on The City , such as New York struggled to a rush of coronavirus cases in April.

funeral services were overwhelmed. A navy Hospital Ship , the pressure on the local hospitals, although it ultimately received less than 200 patients, was docked in The City . The wooden coffins were stacked In Deep trenches on Hart Island .

Anthony had to self-enumerate to pronounce dead a lot of people with the coronavirus symptoms all, but each death has left its mark.

"As a medic, we are good, save lives, and we know That if we say not to anyone in This Time we get the Next Time , but with this pandemic, we were not always," He Said .

"And Then we began our employees see sick a considerable number. "

At The Height of the health crisis, Anthony was sick, says about 25% of the More Than 4,200 employees - almost all of them with coronavirus symptoms.

"The sick report is usually about a page in length. We were sick of the reports That were 10 to 12 pages," he says.

He estimates That More Than 50 of his colleagues were hospitalized. Some remain in hospitals or rehabilitation centers today.

death hit Anthony Hard the of his former partner, Gregory Hodge, who died, the Covid-19 in April, at the Age Of 59.

Gregory was a veteran emergency medical technician, and was involved in The Recovery efforts after the 9/11 attacks.

He was a determining influence on Anthony's own career.

"He was a pilot and respiratory therapist. As we started, I told him he could have a lot more money to do these things, and He Said : "Anthony, I know these things on the page, so I can be able to The Bills to pay. I'm doing this because I grew up in Harlem and I help my community in My Way . '

"That taught me something. Here's a guy who has to do the brain, what he wants and he is choosing to do this. He's doing it because he was raised the service to the community. This is me Now - I serve the community, not to far from where I grew up. "

to Say Goodbye to As many people in New York and around The World , Anthony and his colleagues were struggling, to those who are lost in a time of social distancing.

"Normally, if someone dies in The Line of duty, you get to collect really, and be There for each other and give the person a real enormous, chic and really add to each other," he says.

"Because of the pandemic, we can't do That . Everything was captured on video and from a distance. Everything was sterile, when really these moments should not be sterile. These moments should have, people with their arms around each other. "

New York City began easing his coronavirus restrictions This Week . Design and production restarted, and non-essential retailers are re-opened, offers curbside pick-ups.

But as The City around them to open again, Anthony and his colleagues are still dealing with The Weight of everything you have experienced.

"do you have a Front Row seat and see it and experience it first-hand - I try not to let it get me numb and not emotional, this is A Warning for the health workers, if you don't feel it anymore. I didn't get to this place. But I have struggled with feeling depressed. "

One of the biggest lessons That has made Anthony, from the pandemic is That "compassion has a limit".

"I think I had to give all the compassion in The World . I didn't know in my life time, I had 90% and keep 10% for me. There is a limit to give in the situation and to help people, while still also mentally," he says.

And despite The Number of calls to Drop significantly, a paramedic in The City of the pandemic can escape.

"Because Covid is still all over The News , and Covid is booming in other parts of The World , and we still see spikes in parts of the United States , so The People fighting on the inside, what we've been through and not try to recover, to start the gap around the time of the restoration.

"We still have a number of cases, although rates of hospitalization have gone down. It's just a constant thing. And we are all worried about you Coming Back ," he explains.

And with anti-racism protests sweeping the United States and countries around The World , according to the African-American man, George Floyd was killed in police custody, it still has to process the less time for EMS workers to What Happened .

Anthony says he and his colleagues have gone from "Covid Kevlar"

Anthony, he and his colleagues have gone from "Covid Kevlar", as you don bullet-proof vests during the response to the demonstrations.

He is concerned about the impact of a possible second wave of Corona Virus could have on the EMS. But if it happens, he says, he is ready to respond.

"If There is a second round, we will do it. We have to be our boots on and let's go. "

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Source of news: bbc.com