A year after the start of the corona crisis, the US metropolis New York celebrated its more than 30,000 deaths from the pandemic in an emotional ceremony. In the meantime, more New Yorkers have died from Corona than from the Second World War, the Vietnam War, Hurricane Sandy and the attacks of September 11, 2001 combined, said Mayor Bill de Blasio at the virtual memorial event on Sunday. He paid tribute to health workers as “heroes”.
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New York is the hardest-hit pandemic city in the United States
The ceremony was initiated by a minute’s silence in honor of the corona dead. Images of pandemic victims were projected onto the Brooklyn Bridge. With 30,258 corona deaths, New York is the city in the United States hardest hit by the pandemic.
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Accessed on March 17, 2021 at 7:27 am on https://www.sn.at/panorama/international/gedenken-an-mehr-als-30-000-corona-tote-in-new-york-101086576
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