A south Brooklyn pier had become the site of an increasingly large temporary morgue, video from May 4 shows, as the rate of deaths due to the coronavirus continues to overwhelm funeral homes in New York City.
Footage shared by local resident Josh Begley on May 4 shows several refrigerated trucks lined up at the 39th Street Pier in Sunset Park.
“There are now 27 refrigeration trucks,” Begley wrote. “The scale of this unfathomable.”
Photos shared by Begley showed two separate entrances to the lot – one for military vehicles and one for funeral directors.
According to Gothamist, Executive Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner Dina Maniotis said a previously-enforced 15-day deadline to collect remains had been lifted to ease pressure on funeral homes and families. The site would allow funeral homes to claim bodies between 8.30 am and 10.30 pm from May 5, the report said.
According to the New York Post, 30 percent of the trucks had been filled as of May 4.
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