NEW YORK, Mich. (WOOD) — Two former Grand Rapids residents were among the millions of people living in the U.S. city hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
“It’s hitting New York pretty badly right now. And other communities and cities can kind of see what’s happening in New York and brace themselves,” Joshua Chagani said Thursday, days before leaving the city. “But also New York has just an insane amount of people… in a very tight group. So it’s able to spread just so much faster.”
A NEW NORMAL IN MANHATTAN
Chagani and his wife Laura Rizzo Chagani worked at WOOD TV8 before moving to Boston and eventually Manhattan two years ago. The couple loved how everything was close by and almost always open.
But in the past couple of weeks when a crucial errand would send Chagani outside, he noticed a drastic change.
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