Drone video from Hart Island shows grim reality during coronavirus
April 27, 2020
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5:08Now PlayingDrone video from Hart Island shows grim reality during coronavirus
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as posted by the channelViral drone video capturing the burial of covid-19 victims on Hart Island in early April brought the elusive mass grave into the national spotlight.
Only 11 miles from Manhattan, Hart Island has been the final resting place for New York’s unclaimed and poor for over a century. The island off the Bronx was thrust into the national spotlight in early April, after the city announced it would be using the public cemetery to inter unclaimed victims of covid-19.
It is the largest mass grave in the United States. At least 1,000 bodies are buried on the island a year, and more than 1 million can be found in the plots of its potter’s field, known as City Cemetery. Hart Island’s storied history, however, started long before the coronavirus turned the state into a pandemic epicenter. Read moreSPECIAL OFFERTo thank you for your support, here’s a deal on a Washington Post digital subscription$29 for one year
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