Voices from New York
The Story
The Times
4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The United States is now at the centre of the global coronavirus crisis and New York is the worst hit city in the country. What’s it like for regular New Yorkers at the centre of the pandemic?
Guests:
Laura Pullman, The Sunday Times New York correspondent.
The audio diaries from nine New Yorkers.
Host: Manveen Rana.
NB: Caurice Wynters, one of the New Yorkers who spoke with us, is raising money to cover medical and living expenses for her family, after they all got sick with covid-19. You can contribute here: https://bit.ly/3aOBRWp
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| 0:00.0 | My father and mother and I tested positive for this monstrous virus. |
| 0:06.0 | The pressure pulled up more and more and more and you could see residents breaking. |
| 0:12.0 | Out of 15 guests at this dinner, |
| 0:14.0 | seven other guests got really sick. |
| 0:16.4 | It's almost like right after 9-11, |
| 0:19.2 | people were walking around shell-shocked. |
| 0:21.9 | I'm afraid because I know that life will never be the same again. |
| 0:37.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the |
| 0:42.3 | rain again. |
| 0:45.0 | Trains now on Uber. |
| 0:47.0 | T's and C's apply. |
| 0:48.0 | Check the Uber app. Life in the city is suddenly unrecognizable. |
| 0:58.0 | You walk on the streets of New York, it's like being in a science fiction movie. |
| 1:02.0 | The United States is now at the center of the global coronavirus crisis, |
| 1:07.0 | and New York is the worst hit city in the country. |
| 1:16.0 | Doctors are getting sick. |
| 1:18.0 | Nurses are getting sick. |
| 1:20.0 | We are fearful. |
| 1:21.0 | You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the |
| 1:24.8 | Sunday Times. I'm Manveen Rana. In this episode we'll hear something a little bit |
| 1:30.1 | different, the stories of regular New Yorkers, nurses, a doctor, those who got sick and |
| 1:36.9 | those who've been caring for them. |
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