Screens inside the fare gates at 107 stations across the city will show portraits of 111 of the 136 MTA workers who have died from COVID-19 over the last year.
“Family members shared photographs and selected colors reflected in the 111 portraits included in this special tribute to the heroic transitworkers who dedicated their lives tomoving New Yorkers around the city and region,” according to the video’s description.
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MTA memorial for workers who have died from COVID-19.MTA Arts & Design/MTA New York City Transit
“Here we are 10 months after we lost our first colleague and we still can’t gather in a physical space,” she continued.
Feinberg also said that “At minimum, I want all of the families of the colleagues who have passed away to be able to easily, safely and conveniently enter the system and see how much we care about theirloved ones and honor their sacrifice.”
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MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick J. Foye also said that the workers' families have been taken care of financially,according to ABC7.
“If this gives the city a way to honorthe people who carried the city on their backsfor the bulk of the pandemic, it could help the city grieve, it could help the city understand, at its core, the price that’s been paid,” she said.
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