Matt Leichenger(NEW YORK) As wildfire smoke bathed New York City in fumes on Wednesday afternoon, UPS driver Matt Leichenger said he suffered a wave of nausea in the back of his truck with hardly anything he could do about it.
"There s nowhere you can escape to," Leichenger told ABC News. "Unless you literally stop working and go inside. If you do that, it prolongs your day."
Leichenger, who worked a 12-hour shift in Brooklyn that involved more than 100 stops, said he couldn t keep the doors of the truck closed due to a lack of air conditioning. The experience reminded him of delivering during the pandemic, he said.
"You can t outscore delivery work; you can t do it remotely," he said. "As we see climate events happening, we re going to be on the frontlines of that, too."
In a statement, UPS told ABC News that the company is "working on a variety of immediate actions, including the speedy distribution of masks for our employees in affe
(NEW YORK) As wildfire smoke bathed New York City in fumes on Wednesday afternoon, UPS driver Matt Leichenger said he suffered a wave of nausea in the back of his truck with hardly anything he could do about it. "There's nowhere you can escape to," Leichenger told ABC News. "Unless you literally stop working
As smoke from the Canadian wildfires rolled over the East coast, New York City officials scrambled to respond as they confronted a lack of preparation for the emergency.
Matt Leichenger(NEW YORK) As wildfire smoke bathed New York City in fumes on Wednesday afternoon, UPS driver Matt Leichenger said he suffered a wave of nausea in the back
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