"My dad was like a cat – he had a lot of lives," said his son Sidney Castiblanco.
Eresmildo's brothers recall tales of near disasters from his early life in Colombia. As a child, he was riding a donkey along railroad tracks when a train struck the animal. He survived. Years later, he was caught in a police raid at the house of a friend whose father, unbeknown to him, was a guerrilla fighter.
He studied architecture on full scholarship in Bogotá and taught music, photography and technical drawing. He was a year shy of graduating when political unrest diverted him. He moved to the United States in 1986, and his family joined later.
When he wasn't cleaning at the medical center, he often headed out of the city to Bear Mountain to hike with his brother, camera in hand. He babysat his granddaughters while his daughter worked.
In early March, he had cleaned the room of a suspected Covid-19 patient, with the same gloves he always wore. He worked until 18 March, when he felt chest pains.
Sidney, a paramedic, called an ambulance, and Eresmildo was hospitalized that night. Six days later, he was put on a ventilator.
EmblemHealth did not respond to requests for comment.
— Natalie Mufson
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/aug/11/lost-on-the-frontline-covid-19-coronavirus-us-healthcare-workers-deaths-database
Eresmildo's brothers recall tales of near disasters from his early life in Colombia. As a child, he was riding a donkey along railroad tracks when a train struck the animal. He survived. Years later, he was caught in a police raid at the house of a friend whose father, unbeknown to him, was a guerrilla fighter.
He studied architecture on full scholarship in Bogotá and taught music, photography and technical drawing. He was a year shy of graduating when political unrest diverted him. He moved to the United States in 1986, and his family joined later.
When he wasn't cleaning at the medical center, he often headed out of the city to Bear Mountain to hike with his brother, camera in hand. He babysat his granddaughters while his daughter worked.
In early March, he had cleaned the room of a suspected Covid-19 patient, with the same gloves he always wore. He worked until 18 March, when he felt chest pains.
Sidney, a paramedic, called an ambulance, and Eresmildo was hospitalized that night. Six days later, he was put on a ventilator.
EmblemHealth did not respond to requests for comment.
— Natalie Mufson
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/aug/11/lost-on-the-frontline-covid-19-coronavirus-us-healthcare-workers-deaths-database
"My dad was like a cat – he had a lot of lives," said his son Sidney Castiblanco.
Eresmildo's brothers recall tales of near disasters from his early life in Colombia. As a child, he was riding a donkey along railroad tracks when a train struck the animal. He survived. Years later, he was caught in a police raid at the house of a friend whose father, unbeknown to him, was a guerrilla fighter.
He studied architecture on full scholarship in Bogotá and taught music, photography and technical drawing. He was a year shy of graduating when political unrest diverted him. He moved to the United States in 1986, and his family joined later.
When he wasn't cleaning at the medical center, he often headed out of the city to Bear Mountain to hike with his brother, camera in hand. He babysat his granddaughters while his daughter worked.
In early March, he had cleaned the room of a suspected Covid-19 patient, with the same gloves he always wore. He worked until 18 March, when he felt chest pains.
Sidney, a paramedic, called an ambulance, and Eresmildo was hospitalized that night. Six days later, he was put on a ventilator.
EmblemHealth did not respond to requests for comment.
— Natalie Mufson
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/aug/11/lost-on-the-frontline-covid-19-coronavirus-us-healthcare-workers-deaths-database
Eresmildo's brothers recall tales of near disasters from his early life in Colombia. As a child, he was riding a donkey along railroad tracks when a train struck the animal. He survived. Years later, he was caught in a police raid at the house of a friend whose father, unbeknown to him, was a guerrilla fighter.
He studied architecture on full scholarship in Bogotá and taught music, photography and technical drawing. He was a year shy of graduating when political unrest diverted him. He moved to the United States in 1986, and his family joined later.
When he wasn't cleaning at the medical center, he often headed out of the city to Bear Mountain to hike with his brother, camera in hand. He babysat his granddaughters while his daughter worked.
In early March, he had cleaned the room of a suspected Covid-19 patient, with the same gloves he always wore. He worked until 18 March, when he felt chest pains.
Sidney, a paramedic, called an ambulance, and Eresmildo was hospitalized that night. Six days later, he was put on a ventilator.
EmblemHealth did not respond to requests for comment.
— Natalie Mufson
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/aug/11/lost-on-the-frontline-covid-19-coronavirus-us-healthcare-workers-deaths-database
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