Nurse Dies After She Is Knocked to Ground in Times Square
The New York Times
Maria Ambrocio, 58, who worked through the pandemic in a New Jersey hospital, was knocked down by a man who was fleeing after snatching a cellphone, the police said.
When a small community hospital in New Jersey was overrun with Covid patients, a cancer nurse dutifully showed up for work every night.
On Friday, with the worst days of the pandemic over, the nurse, Maria Ambrocio, 58, visited Times Square with a friend. But their outing turned tragic when she was knocked to the ground by a man who had snatched a cellphone and was running away, the police and officials at the Philippines consulate said.
Ms. Ambrocio, of Bayonne, N.J., was taken to Bellevue Hospital with a traumatic brain injury and died after she was taken off life support on Saturday.
