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'We've Seen A Lot Of Brothers Die.' NYC Bus Operators Witness Loss Amid Pandemic

As of this week, 83 workers with New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority died from COVID-19. Two bus operators talk about the crushing loss they've witnessed in their field.
New York City MTA bus operators Tyrone Hampton (left) and Frank de Jesus spoke last week about how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their work. They talked during a remote StoryCorps conversation.

New York City bus operators Tyrone Hampton and Frank de Jesus have witnessed a crushing loss in their field. As of Wednesday, 83 Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers have died from COVID-19, 30 of them also bus operators.

Hampton, 50, and de Jesus, 30, spoke for a remote StoryCorps conversation about how the outbreak is putting

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