'Conversations I never imagined': New York county to store bodies in farm refrigerator as deaths increase
by Zachary Halaschak
| April 07, 2020 05:45 PM
Officials in Suffolk County have had to make difficult decisions during the coronavirus pandemic, including what to do about the growing number of bodies.
The county, which comprises the eastern half of Long Island in New York, has seen a deluge of coronavirus cases and deaths. The county includes enclaves such as the Hamptons, which has seen an uptick in people fleeing their homes in the New York City area and elsewhere to hunker down and weather the coronavirus pandemic in their Long Island homes.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone told CNN that the area’s morgue facilities were filling up and that various options about where to store bodies were discussed.
“At the early stages of this crisis, we were having conversations about suggestions of using ice rinks and stores with refrigeration to store bodies,†Bellone said. “I made the decision that I was not going to tell families that we need to convert their children’s iceskating rinks and turn them into morgues because that is not who we are.â€
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