Riding The Lightening:The Heroic Response of FDNY EMS to Covid-19

In this episode, Anthony Almojera, FDNY EMS Lieutenant and author of Riding the Lightening: A Year In The Life Of A New York City Paramedic gives us an insider’s look at some of the darkest days New York City has ever known. Anthony Almojera illuminates the reality that the pandemic caught the city off guard- residents, government officials, doctors, school teachers and between mid-March and late April 2020, killed between 17,000 and 21,000 New Yorkers. In his personal and powerful discussion, you will learn how Anthony Almojera and Teams of paramedics and EMT’s answered thousands of calls and stepped into the unknown to care for strangers who went from healthy to very sick to dying in hours. They faced a pandemic that mystified and killed. Witnessing death after death including the loss of co-workers, Anthony shares the physical and emotional trauma that paramedics faced. You will be moved, startled, impressed and grateful for these brave Emergency Medical Responders