'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.
by Camila Kerwin
Apr 24, 2020
2 minutes
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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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