https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8205237/Prisoners-hazmat-suits-continue-dig-mass-graves-NYCs-Hart-Island.htmlPrisoners wearing full hazmat suits bury caskets in mass grave on New York's Hart Island amid speculation it's a burial site for coronavirus victims as city's death roll rises to 4,260By Emily Crane
April 9, 2020
Prisoners wearing hazmat suits and other protective gear have been spotted burying caskets in a mass grave on New York's Hart Island amid speculation coronavirus victims are now being buried there.
About a dozen prisoners were seen digging and burying the caskets on Thursday as at least one refrigerated truck was brought onto the island.
At least 45 caskets - some of which had names carved into them - appeared to be buried in the mass grave on Thursday morning alone.
Prisoners from Rikers Island are regularly brought over to dig graves on Hart Island but they are normally dressed in their prison uniforms. The majority of those digging on Thursday were dressed in white, head-to-toe hazmat suits amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The refrigerated truck that was brought onto the island is similar to those currently parked outside hospitals across Manhattan as part of makeshift morgues set up to deal with the number of people dying from the coronavirus outbreak.
Authorities have not officially confirmed if coronavirus patients are currently being buried on Hart Island despite morgues overflowing across the city and the death toll continuing to rise.
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