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"I've never spent 16 days in my home before without leaving," Greif said. "I remember seeing my wife at the back of that ambulance, her crying so hard and I was crying... if there's one thing that is gonna haunt me, that visual will stay with me the rest of my life," said Greif. Medical City Plano released a video showing Plano Fire Chief Sam Greif getting emotional as he’s discharged from the hospital after battling COVID-19. He thanked the staff and urged everyone to do what they can to avoid getting coronavirus. The first thing he did when he was wheeled out of the elevator was hu...

'This is not a hoax. This is real,' Plano Fire Chief says from coronavirus hospital bed Greif has no underlying medical conditions and was taking all the precautions to prevent it, but said he still “went downhill really fast.” Author: Eline de Bruijn, Jobin Panicker Published: 5:03 PM CST January 13, 2021 Updated: 5:03 PM CST January 13, 2021 Plano Fire Chief Sam Greif spoke from his hospital bed Tuesday as he fights COVID-19 to thank members of the community for their support but to also urge everyone who can to get the vaccine. Greif ha...

Updated: 10:43 AM CST January 13, 2021 Plano Fire Chief Sam Greif has been hospitalized with COVID-19, officials confirmed Wednesday.  The chief has been in the hospital with the disease for a week and a half, he told WFAA on Wednesday. He said he started to feel ill at the end of the year. Greif said he has not been able to see his family in a long while and misses them, he said.  His son, a firefighter in Fort Worth, was the first there to receive the vaccine, Greif added. Greif has been the Plano fire chief since June 2015. He began his career as a paramedic in 1982 and j...