New York City pays mental tribute to a lot more than 30,000 COVID-19 deaths
15 March, 2021
New York, the US city most bereaved by the coronavirus, paid a moving tribute on Sunday (Mar 14) to its 30,258 dead, one year just after the start of pandemic.
"More New Yorkers lost than in World War II, Vietnam, Hurricane Sandy and 9/11 come up with. Every family touched for some reason, and for so many families a soreness, a pain that's raw," Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a live virtual ceremony, after calling for an instant of silence to honor the victims.
The Democratic mayor heralded the "healthcare heroes" who "saved lives", sometimes at their own expense.
He also known as on New Yorkers to remember the good times. "Whatever occurs, no one can take apart the dances you've currently danced," he stated, speaking in Spanish as he quoted Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in a metropolis in which a third of immigrants happen to be of Latin origin.
The virtual ceremony started out with a brief recital by the New York Philharmonic, before lit candles on the iconic Brooklyn Bridge on a chilly and windy night.
Large black and bright white photos of the victims were projected onto the bridge.
There were speeches by religious leaders, a young poet and a performance by simply Hezekiah Walker, pastor of the Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church and popular gospel artist, accompanied simply by The Love Fellowship Choir.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
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