In the spring of 2020, as New York City grappled with the overwhelming first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, a young first responder was tragically lost. John Mondello, a 23-year-old white male, had only recently embarked on his career as an Emergency Medical Technician with the FDNY. He was a rookie, fresh out of the academy, and assigned to a tactical response unit in the Bronx. This role thrust him directly into the grim reality of the pandemic's early days, a reality that would prove to be
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