new york descends from its peak, the number of patients flooding the hospitals is still shockingly high. overnight, more than 1,300 new admissions. a tough week in the e.r. the associated press given access into st. joseph's medical center in yonkers. a nurse frantically pumping a man's chest. the medical team in full protective gear standing back, arms up until that jolt to the man's heart. he's revived and put on a ventilator. >> we do this all day every day for the last month, multiple times a day. >> reporter: dr. anthony leno says it's a daily struggle between life and death. >> it's been a nightmare. we have a volume of sick people like you can't believe. in one shift, i pronounced six people dead. >> reporter: new york hit the hardest of any state. but finally coming down the mountain. >> we're in a relatively good place. better to be going down than to