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A grief-stricken probationary New York City firefighter has actually reported the death of his infant child from the coronavirus, according to reports.
Jay-Natalie La Santa passed away Monday in the Bronx. She would have been 5 months old next week. Dad Jerel La Santa, 30, graduated from the FDNY academy last month and was appointed to a Bronx firehouse.
” Called ‘warrior princess’ a title offered to her by her Father Jerel, for her battling spirit against the awful covid-19 infection,” the FDNY Hispanic Society, a fraternal company, said on Instagram in announcing Jay-Natalie’s death.
” She went out appearing like a princess,” La Santa told the New York Post Thursday as he fought back tears. “She had such a gorgeous white little casket because we didn’t desire her in a body bag.”
Jay-Natalie had a pre-existing heart disease and initially tested negative for COVID-19 on March 21 st after being admitted to Kid’s Healthcare facility at Montefiore for a urinary tract infection and bronchiolitis, the Gothamist news outlet reported.
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FDNY firefighter Jerel La Santa and Lindsey Mahala with Jay-Natalie.
( Danielle Monique GoFundMe)
The Post priced quote the infant’s mom as saying doctors were not sure if the kid had the coronavirus all along and the first test was a fluke– or if she was contaminated in the ICU, which had actually been overflowing with adults and children.
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” There’s so numerous things we got, so many things we didn’t even get to utilize with her because she was still little,” the baby’s mommy Lindsey Mahala informed the Gothamist through tears.
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FDNY firefighter Jerel La Santa with his daughter Jay-Natalie.
( Danielle Monique GoFundMe)
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“[W] e asked [the doctor] what occurred, we’re confused.
New York City has 145,855 coronavirus cases, according to screening results.
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” This virus does not discriminate.
