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A rainbow over New Rochelle, NY coincides with the governor s first easing of pandemic related restrictions in the state. (Jeff Edwards | Patch)
Cars lined up at New York s first drive-through COVID-19 testing site in New Rochelle, NY. (Jeff Edwards | Patch)
New Rochelle, NY A year to the day after the eyes of the nation turned to New Rochelle as the first cluster of COVID-19 infections took hold in the community, city officials unveiled a powerful collection of photographs taken by the citizens, neighbors and victims who endured the brunt of the early days of a growing pandemic.
The chronologically arranged images set to video begin on a somber note. Depictions of apprehensive business owners, grieving loved ones, stretching food lines and ominous newspaper headlines populate the early days of the crisis represented in the collection.