Is this for real? I have to ask. Does this mean they’re being buried here because there isn’t room for them elsewhere? I’m not being dense. Just asking.
This drone footage captures NYC workers burying bodies in a mass grave on Hart Island, just off the coast of the Bronx. For over a century, the island has served as a potter’s field for deceased with no known next of kin or families unable to pay for funerals.pic.twitter.com/wBVIGlX6aK
Footage Shows NYC Workers Bury Bodies on Hart Island
This drone footage captures NYC workers burying bodies in a mass grave on Hart Island, just off the coast of the Bronx.
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Apparently, this island has been used for a very long time to bury those without known kin or when the family just can't afford a better burial.. It's just very sad that there are so many people that fall in to that category now.
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its hard to describe or imagine what the cost is...for us its just numbers on a page or on the tv..but everyone of these bodies was a living breathing individual with families and friends..this video perhaps gives a more chilling effect of the cost :(
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For me it is not numbers on a page. I was born in NYC and most of my family lives in and around NYC. I have family members sick, 3 recovering, 1 in ICU, 1 died on Monday. I'm in Texas, but what is happening in NYC affects me in a very real way.
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You guys forgot to mention the prisoners doing the work ( corrections bus)pic.twitter.com/W8WqE3VjpP
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Prisoners are not doing the work. Contractors have been hired.... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hart-island-idUSKCN21R398 …pic.twitter.com/CIMnqaRtye
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why is this being filmed exactly? entertaining for you?
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To document it, just like people in China and Wuhan did. To show it's real.
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But his ratings are really great.
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