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Grim COVID-19 milestone: Staten Island tops 1,500 suspected deaths; victims from all walks of life
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 11, 2021
Those who have succumbed to the disease include, clockwise from the left: Rabbi Avraham Hakohen (Romi) Cohen, NYPD traffic enforcement agent Richard Austin, retired FDNY Battalion Chief Albert “Al” Petrocelli, Msgr. Richard Guastella, retired Firefighter Matthew F. Moore and teacher Sharon Nearby.
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Staten Island has topped 1,500 suspected coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths, city Health Department data shows.
Since March 20, the deadly disease has claimed the lives of beloved priests, 9/11 heroes, war veterans, a Holocaust survivor, teachers, members of the NYPD, a former FDNY battalion chief, a Special Olympian and scores of others.