The famous tower that overlooks the Manhattan neighborhood of New York abandoned its usual white lighting on Monday, March 30 for an intense red light that turns like an ambulance beacon. The Empire State Building wants to symbolize a beating heart, the heart of America, to support caregivers.
More anguish still reigns among many New Yorkers. Because on Monday, the city in the eastern United States was experiencing a rhythm ofone death every 3 minutes, just the city without the suburbs. Nationally, there were more than 500 deaths in 24 hours. The 3,000 dead mark has just been crossed, a third are in New York.
A doctor at a Brooklyn hospital filmed the interior of the emergency room, which was totally overwhelmed. She evokes a war zone and deplores lack of material, gloves, masks, gowns. They are at stick plastic films to the wall and ceiling to try to arrange the space and place all the patients while avoiding contamination.
