In the shadow of the frontline: After testing positive for COVID, a Springfield DPW worker turned to prayer; ‘Don’t let it touch my family’ Updated Jan 28, 2021; Posted Jan 28, 2021 Angel LaSanta works for the Department of Public Works as solid waste removal in Springfield. (Douglas Hook / MassLive) Facebook Share
Each morning at 4 a.m., 40-year-old Angel LaSanta drives his automated side loader from Springfield neighborhood to neighborhood, collecting household waste as an employee of the Department of Public Works. He then takes it to the incinerator in Agawam just over the river from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.