Workers wearing hazmat suits and other protective gear were seen burying caskets three deep in a mass grave on New York's Hart Island Thursday, April 9, amid speculation coronavirus victims are now being buried there. Normally, about 25 bodies are buried each Thursday on Hart Island. That number increased to 72 since the end of March when coronavirus fatalities increased drastically in the city, according to the Dept. of Corrections.
Another view of the burial taking place on New York's Hart Island last Thursday morning. Names could be seen written or carved onto some caskets, obviously for future identification. It can't be missed how undignified this all is, in spite of the talk of "every life having so much meaning." The majority of coronavirus dead will remain in refigerated trucks until they can be buried or cremated.
By Carolyn Yeager
New York City, one of the largest, wealthiest cities in the world, struggles to handle the death of 600 persons per day from the coronavirus pandemic – which begs the question how did a relatively small work-and-transit camp under German control manage to dispose of 6000 bodies a day???
