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No omicron peak yet Fire victims mourned Djokovic deported Shift to rain
Surgeon general warns peak of COVID-19 An outpouring of grief as victims of the Defending Australian Open champ’s appeal Periods of rain ending midday;
surge could be weeks away. News, Page 4 Bronx fire are laid to rest. News, Page 8 is denied, visa revoked. Sports, Page 1 high of 43. Sports, Page 8
VOLUME CLXXXVI CCOOUURRAANNTT..CCOOMM MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022
Death spurs call for OD treatment drug
Proponents say Mayor Luke Bronin said Sunday [public] health team.” A spokesman
that the mayor and other city lead- Josh Michtom, a member of the for Hartford
Hartford schools
ers are looking at ways to prevent Hartford City Council, said he is Mayor Luke
should stock naloxone a similar tragedy. That includes planning to propose making the Bronin said
providing wider access to naloxone overdose-reversal drug available Sunday that
or Narcan, the brand name for the at city schools, as well as libraries the mayor
By Daniela Altimari nasal spray version of the inject- and other public buildings. and other city
able drug that can revive overdose “In all of our city institutions, leaders are
The death of a 13-year-old victims in a matter of minutes. including our schools, the right looking at ways
Hartford boy who overdosed on “There’s a lot that we’re discuss- folks should have training in to prevent
fentanyl last week at the Sport ing in terms of how we can prevent administering Narcan and recog- future deaths
and Medical Sciences Academy is something like this from happen- nizing overdoses,” Michtom said. from opioid
spurring new calls to stock school ing again,” said Akash Kaza, the Some states, including New overdoses
nurses’ offices with naloxone, a mayor’s communications director. Jersey and Rhode Island, require in schools.
powerful tool to treat overdoses. “We are engaging in those conver- COURANT FILE
A spokesman for Hartford sations with school, police and the Turn to Naloxone, Page 3 PHOTO
Rabbi
CORONAVIRUS IN CONNECTICUT
credits
security
training
Says hostage-taker
in synagogue grew
more ‘belligerent’
By Jake Bleiberg
and Eric Tucker
Associated Press
COLLEYVILLE, Texas —
A rabbi who was among four
people held hostage at a Texas
synagogue said Sunday that their
captor grew “increasingly bellig-
erent and threatening” toward
the end of the 10-hour standoff,
which ended with an FBI SWAT
team rushing into the building
and the captor’s death.
Authorities identified the
hostage-taker as British national
Malik Faisal Akram, 44, who was
killed Saturday night after the last
hostages ran out of Congregation
At her kitchen table, Kathy Spencer sorts the dozens of pills she must take since contracting COVID-19 in November 2020. Spencer was a Beth Israel around 9 p.m. The
teacher who liked to swim, work out and ride motorcycles long distance. Since getting sick, she has serious lung problems, among other FBI said there was no indication
symptoms, and requires oxygen 24 hours a day. MARK MIRKO/THE HARTFORD COURANT PHOTOS that anyone else was involved,
but it had not provided a possi-
Surge comes with ble motive.
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker
credited security training that his
suburban Fort Worth congrega-
tion has received over the years
for getting him and the other
long-COVID concerns three hostages through the
ordeal, which he described as
traumatic.
“In the last hour of our hostage
crisis, the gunman became
increasingly belligerent and
Thousands catching virus, but some won’t get better anytime soon threatening,” Cytron-Walker
said in a statement. “Without
the instruction we received, we
By Alex Putterman | Hartford Courant would not have been prepared to
act and flee when the situation
O
f several hundred No one knows the exact prev- presented itself.”
thousand Connecti- alence of long COVID, but one President Joe Biden called the
cut residents who recent study found that that episode an act of terror.
have been or will between 7% and 18% of people Akram could be heard rant-
be infected with infected with COVID-19 expe- ing on a Facebook livestream of
COVID-19 during this winter’s rienced at least some long-term the services and demanding the
omicron variant surge, most will symptoms. Given the number of release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Paki-
avoid the worst-case scenarios infections in Connecticut over stani neuroscientist suspected of
of severe illness, intensive care the past two months, that could having ties to al-Qaida who was
and death. translate to tens of thousands of convicted of trying to kill U.S.
But that doesn’t necessarily long-haul cases in the state. Army officers in Afghanistan.
mean their experience with the “The outcomes associated Biden, speaking to report-
disease will be over. with a [COVID-19] infection is ers Sunday in Philadelphia, said
Experts say the recent wave not just two outcomes where Akram allegedly purchased a
of COVID-19 infections will you’re either fine or you die,” Dr. weapon on the streets and might
almost certainly lead to a corre- Denyse Lutchmansingh, who have been in the U.S. for only a
sponding wave of “long COVID,” “My life is completely different now treats long-COVID patients at few weeks.
a phenomenon in which some the Winchester Center for Lung Video from Dallas TV station
from how it was before I got sick.”
patients who no longer have the Disease at Yale New Haven WFAA showed people running
disease continue to experience Hospital, said. “There are people out a door of the synagogue, and
symptoms months or even years — Kathy Spencer, contracted COVID-19 then a man holding a gun open-
into the future. in November 2020 Turn to Long COVID, Page 3
Turn to Rabbi, Page 2
Hartford site eyed for veteran housing, museum Firefighter takes
folk act on road
With his dog along for the ride,
Focus would be state’s is “premature.” Hartford firefighter and folk
Black Civil War regiment At this point, Prince said, the team musician Charlie Diamond takes
is readying grant applications to fund his show wherever it leads him.
the $35 million proposal. The idea is to CONNECTICUT, PAGE 1
By Jesse Leavenworth convert the vacant city-owned build-
Hartford Courant ing at 2 Holcomb St. into subsidized Opinion .......................News, 9
housing and on-site services for home- Obits ..................None today
A veterans advocate is leading an less and low-income veterans, Prince Lottery ........................News, 2
ambitious proposal to convert a build- said. The Holcomb Street building is Classified .................News, 10
ing in Hartford’s North End into known as the McCook Hospital build- Puzzles ...Connecticut, 7-8
veterans housing and a museum spot- ing and has housed city offices, but has Comics ...Connecticut, 6-7
lighting Connecticut’s African Ameri- been vacant for over a decade.
can Civil War regiment. The facility also would include a
U.S. Army veteran Bridgitte Prince museum to tell the story of the 29th
and her partners in the multifaceted Regiment Connecticut Infantry
project have spoken to U.S. Sen. Rich- (Colored), the first Union soldiers
ard Blumenthal and local officials, to enter the defeated Confederate
but the city’s development director capital of Richmond, Virginia. The One of the few known photos of the 29th Regiment Connecticut
said the property must be cleared of Infantry (Colored), the first Union soldiers to enter the defeated
toxins first and any proposed project Turn to Proposal, Page 3 Confederate capital. The photo was taken in Beaufort, S.C. FILE
2 Hartford Courant | Section 1 | Monday, January 17, 2022
FROM PAGE ONE
Getting tests a trial for some, a perk for others
By Emma Goldberg, Abbott Laboratories. The result is a 12,000 workers in the United
Lauren Hirsch nationwide shortage of tests. States, began offering free at-home
and David McCabe Americans who cannot get tests testing to its staff in December
The New York Times are often left to wait in lines that can 2020. The majority of its employ-
run as long as three hours. Or they ees have worked from home since
The latest COVID-19 wave has can try to buy at-home tests online the start of the pandemic, though
left millions of Americans scram- or in stores. Walgreens and CVS roughly 5% had been coming into
bling for tests, braving long lines in last month announced limits on the the office last year. There is no limit
the cold at pop-up sites or search- purchase of at-home rapid test kits on the number of tests employees
ing furiously online for kits to use at stores. can order, for themselves as well as
at home. But for a select group of But with testing kits scarce, and their family members, according to
employees at some of the country’s sorely needed by people who cannot a spokesperson, Jessica Scott.
largest companies, tests are free and work remotely, some public health Google’s full-time employees in
often readily available. experts question the current distri- the United States have access to
Without an adequate federal bution of resources. multiple types of coronavirus tests
system for developing and distribut- “There’s a few better targets than they can take at home, the company
ing rapid tests, companies have put A CVS store sign alerts customers the store is out of at-home COVID-19 at-home white-collar workers,” said said. Employees have been able to
their own testing services in place. tests in Atlanta. NICOLE CRAINE/THE NEW YORK TIMES 2021 Dr. Benjamin Mazer, a pathologist in request PCR tests provided by a
Google will send full-time Connecticut specializing in labora- company called BioIQ since last
employees in the United States free many, including workers at small County in New York with only 40 tory medicine. year. Employees collect a nasal swab
at-home tests that deliver results businesses without the means to employees, has been storing tests in BlackRock, which has more at home, and it is processed in the
within minutes and retail for more procure testing kits for their staffs. a supply closet. than 7,600 U.S. employees and has company’s lab. Google also distrib-
than $70 each. BlackRock, an invest- Like personal protective equipment “We’re trying to stockpile them,” extended its work-from-home flexi- utes to employees who want one a
ment firm that manages nearly $10 and vaccines, tests have become the said Laura Chapman, chief oper- bility through Jan. 28, offers its staff up small testing device that produces
trillion in assets, offers telehealth latest example of how a tool to battle ating officer of the firm, which has to one at-home PCR testing kit each results in minutes.
supervision as employees self-ad- the pandemic can exacerbate social not mandated a return to the office, week, up to six monthly at-home anti- But for many businesses, and
minister rapid tests for international and economic divides. though many workers have volun- gen kits for employees or their family their workers, tests are far harder
travel. At JPMorgan Chase, bankers “We’re the epicenter of the tarily come back. She added that the members exposed to COVID-19, and to come by.
can order at-home rapid tests from epicenter and I can’t get test kits company was ordering only as many telehealth supervision for self-admin- Jesus Caicedo-Diaz, who owns
an internal company site. anywhere,” said Thomas Grech, tests as employees are demand- istered rapid tests needed for interna- Skal, a restaurant in Brooklyn, said
Some companies are using the president of the Queens Chamber ing, and they are facing shortages: tional travel, an option begun over the his employees were struggling to
tests to call their staff back to the of Commerce, which has roughly “Those tests, man, those home tests December holidays. get COVID-19 test results before
office. For others, at-home COVID- 1,400 members that employ about are so hard to get.” At Morgan Stanley, bankers can the business opened at 10 a.m., with
19 testing has become the newest 150,000 workers in the borough. In the United States, the federal receive up to four free BinaxNOW testing lines often running hours
wellness benefit, a perk to keep Some employers secured government has moved more slowly tests every two weeks through a long by early morning.
employees healthy and working — contracts with companies that than other countries to authorize third party, which cost about $40 in Finding at-home tests is an
even from their couches — while supply or administer tests in the rapid antigen tests for everyday use. stores, though the shortage of tests has even greater challenge. “They’re
providing peace of mind. earlier months of the pandemic, Britain, for example, was quicker to delayed shipment arrival. At JPMor- nowhere to be found. They’re all
The testing available to a small before the omicron variant unex- approve rapid tests as a public health gan Chase, where employees said gone. If you do find them, they want
number of white- collar profes- pectedly drove up demand. Some tool, leading to faster production. they were told last month they could $30 for them,” Caicedo-Diaz said.
sionals underscores the difference are incorporating testing as part of And unlike Washington’s approach temporarily work from home because “If you go to a test site they tell you
between their pandemic experi- their return-to-office protocols. to vaccines, the development of rapid of the fast-spreading omicron variant, your result won’t come on time. I
ence and that of other Americans, Belle Haven Investments, an asset tests has until recently been mostly bankers can order rapid tests. don’t know how to navigate this. It’s
putting them at an advantage over management firm in Westchester financed by private companies like TIAA, an investment firm with driving me crazy.”
Rabbi was specifically focused on an issue ity earlier said the hostage-taker spokesperson for Meta Platforms of the livestream, said she heard the
not directly connected to the Jewish demanded Siddiqui’s release and Inc., the corporate successor to man rant against America and claim
from Page 1 community, and that there was no wanted to be allowed to speak to her. Facebook Inc., later confirmed that he had a bomb. Biden said there
ing the same door just seconds later immediate indication that he was Authorities said police were first Facebook had removed the video. were apparently no explosives.
before he turned around and closed part of any broader plan. called to the synagogue around 11 Multiple people heard the “He was just all over the map. He
it. Moments later, several shots and It wasn’t clear why Akram chose a.m. and people were evacuated hostage-taker refer to Siddiqui as his was pretty irritated and the more
then an explosion could be heard. the synagogue, though the prison from the surrounding neighbor- “sister” on the livestream. But John irritated he got, he’d make more
“Rest assured, we are focused,” where Saddiqui is serving her hood soon afterward. Floyd, board chair for the Houston threats, like ‘I’m the guy with the
Biden said. “The attorney general sentence is in Fort Worth. Saturday’s services were being chapter of the Council on Ameri- bomb. If you make a mistake, this is
is focused and making sure that we Michael Finfer, the president of livestreamed on the synagogue’s can-Islamic Relations — the nation’s all on you.’ And he’d laugh at that,”
deal with these kinds of acts.” the congregation, said in a state- Facebook page for a time. The Fort largest Muslim advocacy group — Francis said. “He was clearly in
U.S. Immigration and Customs ment “there was a one in a million Worth Star-Telegram reported said Siddiqui’s brother, Mohammad extreme distress.”
Enforcement did not immediately chance that the gunman picked our that a man could be heard ranting Siddiqui, was not involved. Colleyville, a community of about
respond to questions Sunday about congregation.” and talking about religion at times “We want the assailant to know 26,000 people, is about 15 miles
Akram’s immigration status and Authorities have declined to say during the livestream, which didn’t that his actions are wicked and northeast of Fort Worth.
history. London’s Metropolitan who shot Akram, saying it was still show what was happening inside directly undermine those of us who Reached outside his home
Police said in a statement that its under investigation. the synagogue. are seeking justice for Dr. Aafia,” Sunday, Cytron-Walker declined to
counterterrorism police were liais- Law enforcement officials who Shortly before 2 p.m., the man said Floyd, who also is legal counsel speak at length about the episode.
ing with U.S. authorities about the were not authorized to discuss the said, “You got to do something. I for Mohammad Siddiqui. “It’s a little overwhelming as your
incident.FBI Special Agent in Charge ongoing investigation and who don’t want to see this guy dead.” Texas resident Victoria Francis, can imagine. It was not fun yester-
Matt DeSarno said the hostage-taker spoke on the condition of anonym- Moments later, the feed cut out. A who said she watched about an hour day,” he said.
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FROM PAGE ONE
Naloxone tigation. The 13-year-old student,
whose name is being withheld due
from Page 1 to his age, collapsed at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday during gym class at the
naloxone to be available in every magnet school.
public and private school building. A school nurse initiated CPR until
Maryland began requiring public fire department personnel arrived
schools to carry naloxone and to and took over, a fire official said.
educate students about the risk of He was taken to Connecticut Chil-
opioid abuse in 2018. dren’s, where he died on Saturday.
In Connecticut, the decision Two other seventh-graders were
is left up to individual school believed to be exposed to the drug
districts. Drug prevention experts and were also transported to the
say widespread access to Narcan, hospital, officials said. Both were
including in schools, will save lives. released to their parents Thursday
“I’m not going to say this could night, police said.
have been prevented,” Mark Investigators later found nearly
Jenkins, executive director of the 40 bags of fentanyl stashed in
Connecticut Harm Reduction Alli- multiple locations within the Sport
ance, said of the Hartford student’s and Medical Sciences Academy, in
death. “But it possibly could have a search prompted by the student’s
been.” overdose.
The alliance has been working “This tragic loss will raise many
to make naloxone widely available emotions, concerns and questions
since 2014. It has trained school for our school community, espe-
personnel to administer the medi- cially our students,” Dr. Leslie
cation in various districts, includ- Torres-Rodriguez, superintendent
ing Windsor and West Hartford, of Hartford Public Schools, said in
as well as several private schools a letter to parents Sunday. “Our
in the Hartford region. Buses are lined up Thursday to leave the Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford, where a seventh grader school and district crisis Interven-
Having the overdose-reversal overdosed on fentanyl. JESSICA HILL/SPECIAL TO THE COURANT tion Team has already been assem-
drug available does not lead to an bled and will continue to help with
increase in drug use, Jenkins said. ment of Public Health, 1,374 drug-related deaths were in people in a statement issued Saturday. the needs of students, parents and
“You have fire extinguishers in people died of a drug overdose under 25. Michtom said his heart goes school personnel.”
schools, but how often do you see in Connecticut in 2020, a 285% But the death of the 13-year-old out to the student’s family. “If you School social workers will be
a fire in schools?” Jenkins said. increase in less than a decade, and was distressing. would have asked me if fentanyl available for students and their
“We have to become proactive in 85% of those deaths were caused “We still have much to learn use was a big risk for middle school families. Clinical psychologists
making sure we have responses by fentanyl. about the circumstances of this kids, I would have said no. Sniffing from Connecticut Children’s
in case an overdose takes place The state does not have statistics tragedy, and about how a child had fentanyl is not where they start at will also be on hand to provide
because it’s a time-sensitive issue.” on how many students overdose access to such a shocking quantity that age.” emotional support by phone,
According to the state Depart- at school. Just 7.8% of the overall of such deadly drugs,” Bronin said Police are continuing their inves- Torres-Rodriguez said.
Long COVID Today, she requires oxygen this moment as to who is the type
nearly 24 hours a day and labors to of patient who is going to develop
from Page 1 speak. Her kitchen table is jammed post-COVID symptoms,” she said.
with medications. Instead of teach- Some long COVID patients
who develop persistent, debili- ing full time, she tutors remotely describe bad experiences with
tating symptoms that affect their about four hours a week. She can’t doctors who don’t know much
quality of life, even with a mild swim or ride her exercise bike for about the condition or who don’t
case.” longer than half an hour. When take their symptoms seriously. To
Sometime soon, COVID-19 she can muster the energy, she’ll that end, both Yale New Haven
transmission will slow in Connecti- take a 15-minute walk around her Health and Hartford HealthCare
cut and the state will try once again neighborhood, but that sometimes have established post-COVID
to move past the pandemic. For causes leg spasms that disrupt her recovery centers, staffed with
people with long COVID, though, sleep. people who specialize in long
it won’t be so simple. “My life is completely different COVID symptoms.
“It’s not just like you get vacci- now from how it was before I got Lutchmansingh says long
nated and eventually the variants sick,” she said. COVID is difficult to treat because
get weaker and we just go on with Spencer’s story is extreme, but no two cases are exactly alike. It’s
our lives,” said Kristina Unker, a it’s not unique. not yet clear, she said, whether
Ridgefield resident still fighting Unker had just celebrated her post-COVID symptoms all stem
symptoms a year after her COVID- 40th birthday when she caught from a single condition or whether
19 infection. “What happens to COVID-19 in January 2021. different patients have entirely
the people who now have chronic Despite exercising six days a week distinct pathologies.
illness? and having no preexisting condi- “Really and truly, we’re learning
tions, she soon fell seriously ill, as we go along,” she said.
‘Desperate to requiring multiple trips to the Some patients, Lutchmans-
emergency room and a brief hospi- ingh said, return over time to their
feel better’ tal stay. When she was discharged, pre-COVID selves, some improve
it took her 10 weeks to be able to while still suffering some symp-
Before COVID-19, Berlin walk more than two blocks at a toms, and others will deal with
resident Kathy Spencer was a time. severe fallout indefinitely.
schoolteacher and long-distance Since then, she has faced a laun- Spencer, the schoolteacher
motorcycle rider. She swam laps dry list of symptoms. from Berlin, says her condition
daily, worked out on her exercise “I’ve had everything from hair has slowly improved over time.
bike and enjoyed tending to her loss, to severe chest pain, really On a good day, she will hook up
garden. hard time breathing,” she said. her portable oxygen concentrator
Then came the virus. Within “In the beginning of my recovery to the back of her motorcycle and
days of testing positive in Novem- I would get a package delivered to ride for an hour, mostly within a
ber 2020, Spencer, then 56, my apartment and bring it inside A family provided photograph shows Kathy Spencer, left, with her mom, small radius.
found herself hospitalized with and open it, and that would knock Nancy Ayers in 2018 before Spencer contracted COVID-19 in November “I’m the type of person where if
dangerously labored breathing. me out. I’d have to lie down for 2020. MARK MIRKO/HARTFORD COURANT I don’t maintain an optimistic atti-
While doctors initially feared she hours to recover from it.” tude, I absolutely will get worse,”
wouldn’t survive, she responded A year later, having spent thou- the COVID-19 Longhauler Advo- it occurs, who is most vulnerable Spencer said. “And I can’t afford
well to antiviral medication and sands in health care expenses, cacy Project, which has lobbied the to it and how best to treat it. Even that.”
was eventually discharged. Unker still isn’t fully recovered. federal government for resources the condition’s precise definition is In recent months, Spencer has
For some patients, the story She has lesions and inflammation for people suffering long-term murky, with different sources clas- tried to share her experience as
might have ended there. But Spen- in her brain and has developed symptoms. sifying it differently. widely as possible, in hopes it will
cer’s symptoms continued, and arthritis throughout her body. “There are millions of people Lutchmansingh said the bring attention to COVID-19’s
she was soon hospitalized again Before her COVID-19 diagno- like me who can’t work or can’t Winchester Center sees some potential long-term effects. She’s
with lung damage so severe that sis, a typical day for Unker might afford to pay or can’t get the people patients with interstitial lung proud that her story has influenced
doctors said she would be eligible involve a 7 a.m. alarm, a walk with they need,” she said. “We’re a disease and airway diseases but several people in her life to get
for a transplant. her dog in the park, an intense community of people who are that the most common issues — vaccinated when they were other-
Over the next year, Spen- workout, a full day at the New desperate to feel better.” particularly among people who wise hesitant.
cer says, she had 298 medical York-based design business she had milder initial COVID-19 cases “I need to tell my story to as
appointments in 365 days. She has runs and an evening social gath- Lots of questions, — are shortness of breath and other many people as possible,” she said,
been diagnosed with interstitial ering. Now, even a long phone call respiratory symptoms. “so they can understand it’s not
lung disease, chronic obstructive or a quick errand leaves her feel- few answers Some patients, Lutchmansingh just, ‘Oh, I get sick a few weeks
pulmonary disease, mild traumatic ing weak. said, are older with serious under- if I catch COVID. What’s the big
brain injury, post-traumatic stress Unker estimates that she works Even two years into the lying conditions. Others, though, deal?’ ”
disorder and dystonia, a disorder about half as much as she did pandemic, researchers remain are young or healthy, with no obvi-
characterized by uncontrollable before getting sick. Otherwise, uncertain about key aspects of ous risk factors. Alex Putterman can be reached at
muscle contractions. she devotes much of her energy to long COVID, including how often “It’s not super clear to us yet as of [email protected].
Proposal ture, naturopathy and ecology to A. Buckingham after the General
build upon existing assets, includ- Assembly in November 1863
from Page 1 ing a senior center, health care allowed the state to recruit Black
facilities, and Keney Park.” men to fight.
development team seeks a national “It’s premature,” Matthews said, The 30th regiment was merged
historic district designation for the “to endorse any specific proposal in June 1864 with units from other
site and surrounding area. Prince at this point, but we look forward states to form the 31st Regiment of
noted that the Rev. Martin Luther to working with community part- U.S. Colored Infantry, while the
King Jr. had a long association with ners and potential developers to 29th fought through the end of the
Hartford and several landmarks in identify a plan that’s right for the war under Connecticut’s banner.
the North End should be consid- property, right for the community Totaling about 1,700 men, the
ered historical sites. and can get the financing required Black soldiers served heroically,
Hartford development services to get it done.” suffering more than 600 casualties.
Director I. Charles Matthews said Connecticut Department of The Holcomb Street prop-
the city is commissioning a thor- Veterans Affairs spokeswoman erty is appraised at about $1.77
ough environmental assessment of Tammy Marzik said she reached million. The six-story building was
the entire campus at 80 Coventry out to project organizers to get constructed in 1920, according to
St., which includes the building at more details on the proposal. the city assessor.
2 Holcomb St. and the North End “While our agency and our In urging the building’s conver-
Senior Center. community partners continue to sion and associated projects
“We have very serious concerns provide temporary and permanent highlighting Hartford’s African
about seeking a historic designation housing and services for veterans,” American history, project planners
of the property until that environ- Marzik said, “there is always a need also note the Rev. Martin Luther
mental assessment is complete,” for additional options for those in King Jr.’s long association with
Matthews said, “because while a need and/or homeless, especially Hartford.
historic designation can be helpful with the various geographic loca- “Our goal is to work with EVERY-
for redevelopment, it can also limit tions of our veterans.” ONE to accomplish these very
the options for redevelopment and Rich Kehoe, state director for special and meaningful goals,”
increase costs dramatically.” Blumenthal, said the senator has Prince wrote in a recent message
City leaders share the commu- offered to help the planners navi- The vision for 2 Holcomb St. includes veterans housing in addition to the to the team. “The Connecticut 29th
nity’s desire to see the building and gate potential federal funding. museum, but “it’s premature to endorse any specific proposal,” a city official Colored Volunteer Infantry Regi-
the broader campus redeveloped, An outline of planned grant appli- said. COURTESY ment Veterans Health & Human
Matthews said. The area is one of cations that Prince said Blumenthal Services Complex, and Museum
Hartford’s 10 “potentially transfor- requested included a $10 million in the Civil War, but also to the wider seek to work with city officials to supplies a need. It’s a need that will
mative projects” in the city plan. federal grant that would be used for contributions African Americans redesign the section of Keney Park positively transform the landscape,
A map included in the plan labels a museum and gift shop on the first have made to the U.S. military. across the street to include a monu- and the spirit, in Hartford’s Prom-
the area the North End Wellness floor of the Holcomb Street build- Project leaders, who Prince said ment honoring the 29th. ise Zone.”
District, with the caption, “Let’s ing, which had housed city offices. also include former City Coun- The 29th and 30th Connecti-
develop a cohesive identity and a The museum would pay tribute not cil member Cynthia Jennings and cut Volunteer Infantry regiments Jesse Leavenworth can be reached
new facility encompassing agricul- only to Connecticut’s Black soldiers developer Krishna Naraine, also were authorized by Gov. William at [email protected].
4 Hartford Courant | Section 1 | Monday, January 17, 2022
Murthy warns of tough weeks ahead
US surgeon general cord of about 32,000
says omicron peak COVID-19 cases among
residents in the week ending
still has not occurred
Jan. 9, an almost sevenfold
increase from a month
By Sabrina Imbler earlier, according to the
The New York Times CDC.
A total of 645 COVID-
Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. 19-related deaths among
surgeon general, on Sunday residents were recorded
warned that the omicron during the same week, a 47%
surge of coronavirus cases increase from the earlier
had not yet peaked nation- period.
ally, saying that the next few Despite the rising
weeks would be difficult in numbers, the situation is not
many parts of the country as as dire as it was in December
hospitalizations and deaths 2020, when nursing home
rise. deaths per week topped
Murthy noted the “good out at about 6,200. Experts
news” of the plateaus and credit the high vaccination
drops in known cases in the rates now among nursing
Northeast, especially in New home residents: About 87%
York City and New Jersey. are fully vaccinated, accord-
But “the challenge is that ing to CDC data.
the entire country is not Nursing home officials say
moving at the same pace,” they are responding to the
he said, adding that “we outbreak by limiting visitors
shouldn’t expect a national to common areas instead
peak in the coming days.” of allowing them into resi-
“The next few weeks will dents’ rooms, and by reinsti-
be tough,” he said on CNN’s tuting social distancing.
“State of the Union.” Some states, like New
The highly contagious York, have put their own
omicron variant has fueled COVID-19 patients lie side by side last week at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City. VICTOR J. BLUE/THE NEW YORK TIMES measures in place, like
an explosive surge of known requiring proof of a negative
cases. to $24 — and creating long rity adviser to then-Presi- more than 80 million work- Control and Prevention has test for visitors and provid-
Dr. Ashish Jha, dean lines at testing sites. dent Donald Trump, said on ers. not changed the definition ing all with surgical masks.
of the Brown University The federal government ABC’s “This Week.” “It’s too “It was a setback for of full vaccination, but said Also, about 57,200 nursing
School of Public Health, has promised to distribute 1 little and too late, but note- public health,” he said. recently it considers three home workers had the virus
also expressed concerns billion rapid at-home coro- worthy for the next wave.” “Because what these doses of Pfizer-BioNTech in the week ending Jan. 9, a
that the next several weeks navirus tests to Americans, Although many people requirements ultimately or Moderna’s vaccines to more than tenfold increase
would overwhelm hospitals limiting each household to infected with omicron have are helpful for is not just be “up-to-date,” as well as from a month earlier,
and staff. request four free tests. And had no or mild symptoms, protecting the community at Johnson & Johnson’s shots according to the CDC.
“Right now, we’re at about new federal rules require others — especially those large, but making our work- with a second dose, prefera- Making sure that nursing
150,000 people in the hospi- private insurers to cover up who were not vaccinated places safer for workers as bly of Moderna or Pfizer. home facilities have supplies
tal with COVID,” he said on to eight at-home tests per and those with chronic well as for customers.” Last week, the CDC like tests is crucial too, said
“Fox News Sunday.” “That’s member a month. conditions — suffered more The court, however, did acknowledged that cloth Lisa Sanders of LeadingAge,
more than we’ve ever had. I But Americans will prob- serious illnesses that were uphold a vaccine mandate masks do not offer as much an association of nonprofit
expect those numbers to get ably not have tests in hand already overwhelming for most health care work- protection as a surgical mask providers of aging services,
substantially higher.” for weeks, which may be too hospitals in some states late ers in the country. or respirator. including nursing homes.
In addition, omicron has late in some places where last year. Nearly 63% of the U.S. “Please, please get vacci- “Older adults and the
brought into sharp relief demand is high as infections Murthy disagreed with population is fully vacci- nated,” Murthy said on ABC, people they care for should
the long-standing lack of spread. the U.S. Supreme Court’s nated, but only 38% of those issuing a reminder that the be prioritized for support
adequate testing supplies, “We’ve ordered too few decision last week that have received a booster shot, shots still provide good and supplies as they become
with consumers now deplet- testing kits, so our testing rejected President Joe which some have argued protection against severe available,” she said.
ing pharmacies of costly capacity has continued to Biden’s vaccine-or-testing should be the new definition illness. “It’s still not too late.”
rapid tests — a boxed set of lag behind each wave,” Tom mandate for large employers of full vaccination. Meanwhile, nursing Associated Press contrib-
two tests ranges from $14 Bossert, homeland secu- that would have applied to The Centers for Disease homes reported a near-re- uted.
Snow, ice storm rolling
across parts of the South
At least 2 motorists the North Carolina Highway 35-year-old registered nurse.
dead as conditions Patrol, said the agency had More than 260,000
responded to hundreds of customers were without
deteriorate on roads
car crashes and nearly 800 power Sunday, according to
calls for service. poweroutage.us. Especially
By Pamela Sampson Two people died Sunday hard hit was North Carolina,
and Kim Chandler when their car drove off with 90,000 outages. The
Associated Press the road and into trees in a remaining outages were in
median east of Raleigh. The Florida, Georgia and South
ATLANTA — A danger- driver and passenger, both Carolina.
ous winter storm combin- 41-year-old South Carolina The National Weather
ing high winds and ice swept residents, were pronounced Service confirmed that
through parts of the South- dead at the scene of the a tornado struck south-
east on Sunday, knocking single-vehicle crash. Knox west Florida. Officials in
out power, felling trees and said investigators believe Lee County say 27 mobile
fences, and coating roads excessive speed for the homes were destroyed and
with a treacherous, frigid conditions — described as 24 incurred major damage.
glaze. mixed winter precipitation There were no reports of
Tens of thousands of — caused the crash. serious injuries.
customers were without Meanwhile, Transporta- Edward Murray, 81, told
power in Florida, Georgia, tion Secretary J. Eric Boyette the Naples Daily News in
North Carolina and South said many roads in the southwest Florida that he
Carolina and Florida. High- central and western parts of was inside his mobile home Vehicles navigate hazardous interstate conditions Sunday as a storm moves through Mebane,
way patrols were reporting the state were covered with Sunday morning when a N.C. Two people died when their car drove off the road east of Raleigh. GERRY BROOME/AP
hundreds of vehicle acci- ice. He said the eastern part tornado picked it up and
dents, and a tornado ripped of the state was being hit tossed it on top of his neigh- be today.’ ” Hazardous conditions,” read In Tennessee, there were
through a trailer park in with high winds and rain. bor’s home. Virginia State Police said a tweet from VDOT’s Salem multiple reports of aban-
Florida. Kristen Baker Morrow’s “That’s my house that’s traffic came to a standstill office. doned and wrecked cars on
More than 1,200 Sunday 6-year-old son made snow turned upside down,” he Sunday afternoon on Inter- The West Virginia snow-covered roads.
flights at Charlotte Douglas angels after their home in told the newspaper. “The state 81 in Roanoke County Department of Homeland After lashing the South,
International were canceled Crouse, North Carolina, got tornado took me off my after a tractor-trailer jack- Security tweeted photos the storm was expected
— more than 90% of the 4 inches of snow Sunday feet blew me toward the knifed and the cab of the of snow-covered roads in to bring frigid and snowy
airport’s Sunday schedule, morning, but she said they east wall and buried me truck disconnected from the southern part of the conditions to the Northeast.
according to the flight track- couldn’t stay outside long under the sink, refrigerator, the trailer in the northbound state and advised residents New York City was
ing service flightaware.com. because of the uncomfort- kitchen chairs and every- lanes. Two additional acci- to “keep calm and hunker expected to be spared from
Up to 12 inches of snow able wind chill. thing else.” dents occurred in the traf- down.” most, if not all, of the snow-
had fallen in some counties “It took 30 to 45 minutes Murray and his daughter, fic backup, one with minor The agency says the fall, but Long Island and
of North Carolina, while to get everything on for Cokie, escaped unharmed, injuries. storm is moving north and Connecticut coastal areas
significant icing caused about 10 minutes in the crawling from the wreckage. The Virginia Department most areas of the state are were expecting gale condi-
problems in the central part snow, but it was definitely “I was so happy when I of Transportation said a expected to have accumu- tions. Upstate New York was
of the state. worth it for him, to get our saw the sky,” Murray told detour was being set up. lations of 4 inches, with up projected to get hit with up
First Sgt. Christopher pictures and make some the newspaper. “I said to “Please stay off the roads to 12 inches possible in the to a foot of snow to go along
Knox, a spokesperson for memories,” said Morrow, a the devil, ‘It’s not going to if possible. Begging again! mountains. with high winds.
Ukraine accuses Russia of being behind cyberattack in ‘hybrid war’
By Yuras Karmanau Ukrainian government The cyberattack Microsoft said in source of the attacks. through a shared software
Associated Press agencies had been infected comes as the threat a different technical Sullivan said the United supplier in a supply-chain
with destructive malware of a Russian invasion post that the affected States has warned for attack like the 2020 Solar-
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine disguised as ransomware. of Ukraine looms systems “span multi- months about the possibility Winds Russian cyberespio-
said Sunday that Russia That disclosure suggested and diplomatic talks ple government, of cyberattacks from Russia nage campaign that targeted
was behind a cyberattack the attention-grabbing to resolve the tense nonprofit and infor- and has been working with the U.S. government.
that defaced its govern- defacement attack on offi- standoff appear mation technology Ukraine to improve that In 2017, Russia targeted
ment websites and alleged cial websites last week was stalled. organizations.” country’s defenses. Ukraine with one of the
that Russia is engaged in a diversion. Microsoft said in Sullivan It said it did not “This is part of the most damaging cyberattacks
an increasing “hybrid war” “All evidence indicates a blog post Satur- know how many more Russian playbook,” he said on record with the NotPetya
against its neighbor. that Russia is behind the day that it first detected the organizations in Ukraine or on CBS television’s “Face the virus, causing more than $10
The statement from the cyberattack. Moscow malware Thursday. That elsewhere might be affected. Nation” program. billion in damage globally.
Ministry of Digital Devel- continues to wage a hybrid would coincide with the On Sunday, U.S. national Oleh Derevianko, a top That virus, also disguised
opment came a day after war and is actively building attack that simultaneously security adviser Jake Sulli- private-sector cybersecu- as ransomware, was a
Microsoft said dozens of up its forces in the informa- took some 70 Ukrainian van said U.S. and private-sec- rity executive in Kyiv, said so-called wiper that erased
computer systems at an tion and cyberspaces,” the government websites tor companies were still the intruders penetrated entire networks, experts
unspecified number of ministry statement said. temporarily offline. working to determine the the government networks said.
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Netanyahu said to be
negotiating plea deal
in corruption trial
From news services said a plea deal would likely
be announced in the coming
TEL AVIV, Israel — days.
Former Israeli Prime Minis- The person said a number
ter Benjamin Netanyahu is of elements remained unre-
negotiating a plea deal in his solved, including the inclu-
corruption case, a person sion of the charge of “moral
involved in the talks said turpitude,” which under
Sunday. Israeli law would ban
The deal, which could be Netanyahu from politics
signed as early as this week, for seven years. They were
could usher Netanyahu off also deliberating whether
the Israeli political stage for Netanyahu would be forced
years, paving the way for a to do community service
leadership race in his Likud under the deal.
party and shaking up Israeli Including “moral turpi-
politics. Any deal could tude” would challenge
spare Netanyahu an embar- Netanyahu’s vows to return
rassing and protracted to lead the country after his
trial over an issue that has 12-year reign was ended last
gripped the nation and risks year by a coalition of ideo-
tarnishing his legacy. logically disparate parties
Reports of a deal angered with little in common other
critics who said a it would than its opposition to his Chinese virus tests: The city of Xi’an began lifting some virus restrictions after more than three weeks of lockdown as
undermine the rule of law. leadership. But Netanyahu, authorities sought to stamp out a local outbreak before the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in February. The city, which is 600
“The man who worked to dubbed a political wizard miles southwest of Beijing, went into lockdown Dec. 22. Above, a man gets swabbed Sunday in Beijing. ANDY WON/AP
destroy the public’s trust in for his ability to survive
the foundations of democ- repeated attempts at ending
racy for personal reasons is his rule, could make a come- Denver-based Air Methods, prevented the military from controlled. He exhibited widely in
not eligible for deals,” Health back when the ban expires. part of the LifeNet program launching any flights earlier About 6.5 million Serbian Europe and Latin America.
Minister Nitzan Horowitz He would be nearly 80. based in Hagerstown, Mary- to the Pacific island nation. citizens were eligible to Fassianos is survived by
tweeted. He was referring land, was also transporting People on Tonga vote in the referendum. A his wife, Mariza, and two
to Netanyahu’s attempts Helicopter pilot: The pilot an infant girl and two other described their country as simple majority of those daughters.
after he was indicted to cast of a medical helicopter that crew members when it looking like a moonscape as who turn out decide on the
doubt on Israel’s justice crash-landed without loss came down at about 1 p.m. they began the task of clean- outcome. Official results Former Mali president: Ibra-
system, saying it was biased of life next to a church in a Tuesday next to Drexel Hill ing up from the tsunami were expected on Monday. him Boubacar Keita, the
and pursuing a witch hunt residential area of subur- United Methodist Church in waves and ash fall caused by former president of Mali
against him. ban Philadelphia last week Upper Darby. the eruption. Communica- Celebrated Greek painter: who took office in a land-
Demonstrators gathered expressed gratitude to his The pilot said he didn’t tions with the island nation Alekos Fassianos, one of mark election held after a
against the developing deal crew and first responders remember “much of remained limited after the the most important modern destabilizing coup only to
outside the attorney gener- as he was released from a anything” about the crash, internet was cut soon after Greek painters, died be ousted in another military
al’s house Saturday evening. hospital Sunday. crediting other crew with the eruption on Saturday Sunday at his home after a takeover nearly seven years
Any deal will likely be chal- The pilot, whose name rescuing him and getting the evening. long illness, the state news later, has died. He was 76.
lenged in court. has not been officially young patient to an ambu- There were no reports of agency ANA reported. He Keita, known to Mali-
A spokesman for released, was wheeled out of lance. injuries or deaths. was 86. ans by his initials IBK, had
Netanyahu declined to the Penn Presbyterian Medi- “I remember waking up Alekos Fassianos was been in declining health
comment. cal Center emergency room and looking up and seeing a Serbian vote: Serbia held born Dec. 16, 1935, in Athens. since his forced resignation
Netanyahu is on trial for Sunday morning to applause whole company of firefight- a referendum Sunday on He studied violin at the in August 2020, and had
fraud, breach of trust and from police and other first ers looking down at me and constitutional amendments Athens Conservatory and sought medical treatment
accepting bribes in three responders and spoke to that’s a real good feeling,” he that the populist govern- painting at the Athens in Dubai, United Arab Emir-
separate cases. The former reporters before being taken said, expressing gratitude ment says are needed for the School of Fine Arts from ates, shortly after his release
premier, now opposition home by ambulance with a to first responders and the Balkan country to advance 1955 to 1960. from junta custody.
leader, denies wrongdoing. police escort. medical team treating him. in a bid to join the European Fassianos was widely The transitional govern-
The person involved in “I’m just feeling fortu- Union. celebrated in Greece and ment, which is still led by the
the negotiations said the nate, you know — I had God Pacific volcano: New The ballot focuses on the many of his works adorn man who ousted Keita from
plea deal would drop the as my co-pilot that day and Zealand’s military on changes in the election of public spaces, including a power 18 months ago, issued
bribery and fraud charges we took care of the crew and Monday morning was able judges and prosecutors that mural at an Athens subway a statement saying that his
and scrap one case entirely. we landed in his front yard, to send a surveillance flight authorities say are aimed station. death Sunday in Bamako
The person asked for so that was kind of nice,” he to Tonga to assess the extent at boosting their indepen- In France, he was made a followed “a long illness.”
anonymity because he said. of the damage from a huge dence in the country where commander of the Order of He is survived by his wife,
wasn’t authorized to discuss The Eurocopter EC135 undersea volcanic eruption. the judiciary is widely seen Arts and Letters and an offi- Aminata Maiga Keita, and
the details of the talks. He medical helicopter owned by A towering ash cloud had as corrupt and politically cer of the Legion of Honor. their four children.
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Some schools loosen pandemic rules
Tested and bested activities,” Leebron wrote
by virus, US colleges to the Rice community. He
envisions larger gatherings
start to shift tactics
and less isolation.
Leebron noted in an inter-
By Stephanie Saul and view that there has not been
Anemona Hartocollis a serious COVID-19 case
The New York Times within the campus commu-
nity in months and that he
As the omicron surge worries about the pandem-
spreads across the coun- ic’s fallout.
try, sending COVID-19 case “Across campus, there are
counts to new heights and mental health issues,” he
disrupting daily life, some said. “If we have a disease
universities are prepar- that for college-age vacci-
ing for a new phase of nated people does not pose
the pandemic — one that a serious risk, those other
acknowledges that the virus factors need to be taken into
is here to stay and requires a account.”
rethinking of how to handle Cornell University, in
life on campus. Ithaca, New York, is trying
Schools are asking: to shift focus away from case
Should there still be mass counts. The university has
testing? Does there need to used a color-coded system
be contact tracing? What — green, yellow, red — to flag
about tracking the number the rate of infection. After
of cases — and posting them an alarming spike in cases
on campus dashboards? in December, the univer-
And when there is a spike in sity shut down part of the
cases, do classes need to go campus and moved final
remote? exams online.
Universities from North- For this semester, the
eastern in Boston to the Kayla Bierman and Thalia Andris eat breakfast outdoors Friday at Rice University in Houston. As the omicron surge spreads university has kept the
University of California, across the country, some universities are rethinking how to handle life on campus. ANNIE MULLIGAN/THE NEW YORK TIMES color-coding but adapted
Davis have begun to discuss the guidelines to recog-
COVID-19 in “endemic” Disease Control and Preven- is instituting what it calls an officials should not move too ing May’s use of the term nize that almost everyone is
terms — a shift from react- tion. “isolate-in-place policy,” quickly. “endemic,” accused the vaccinated, including 99%
ing to each spike of cases Yet some universities meaning that students who “You’ll hear that people university of “not prior- of students and 100% of the
as a crisis to the reality of are also saying that spikes test positive would, with are tired of the restrictions itizing the immunocom- faculty.
living with it daily. And in in cases do not have to be some exceptions, stay in and the regulations, and it promised, the disabled, The goal now is not to shut
some cases, there has been as disruptive as they were their dorm rooms, even with is concerning to me,” said unvaccinated people, chil- down, she said, but to stay
backlash. in the earlier waves of the roommates. A school email Gerri Smith Taylor, co-chair dren, those who live with open as much as possible.
“I think we’re in a period pandemic. suggests having “a conver- of the COVID-19 task force people from any of these That means, among other
of transition, hopefully to E. Gordon Gee, president sation” about how to handle for the American College groups, or the general health things, a short period of
an endemic phase,” said of West Virginia University, things if a roommate got Health Association. “I don’t of the public.” remote learning this winter
Martha Pollack, president said at this point, it would sick. think we have all the data in Most in-person classes and mask mandates indoors.
of Cornell University. “I say be a strategic mistake to “That’s messy, that’s on omicron and delta.” have now been delayed until Students will be asked not
‘hopefully’ because with this make short-term, reactive really messy,” said Milagros Taylor said her organiza- Jan. 31. to socialize in large groups
pandemic, we don’t know decisions, like closing down Costabel Bionda, a first- tion is awaiting new guid- Rice University, with during the buffer period.
what’s coming next.” classrooms. year student. “We also have ance from the Centers for 8,000 students, moved many Risa Lieberwitz, presi-
Most universities are still “I think there is a rush to shared bathrooms.” Harvard Disease Control and Preven- classes to remote instruction dent of the Cornell chapter
acting with caution. They do something immediate, declined to comment. tion. An agency spokesper- this month and encouraged of the American Association
are delaying the start of and that kind of is a panic The University of son said recommendations students to delay return- of University Professors,
in-person classes and warn- push, which I don’t like,” he Wyoming announced were imminent. ing to campus until late said that a shift in tactics was
ing students that case counts said. “We’ll never go back recently that its COVID-19 At University of Califor- January. And, like many reasonable.
could explode because of to where we were; those approach was moving from nia, Davis, Chancellor Gary schools, it recently required But she worried that
omicron. They are encour- days are done. This is what “containment to manage- May faced a strong negative students and employees to faculty who had valid health
aging, if not requiring, life is about. We have the ment,” abandoning the mass reaction after a Dec. 30 state- get booster shots. reasons for teaching online
students to get booster omicron. We have the delta. testing it instituted last year. ment in which he character- Yet its president, David would be hurt.
shots. Many are handing out Next year, when you and I Last fall, the school tested ized the omicron variant as Leebron, sees his campus, She pointed to a message
self-testing kits and KN95 take a flu shot, we’re going to 10,000 people over four “milder” and suggested a in Houston, soon entering to faculty saying that “full-
masks. And for the most take it with a dose of COVID days, according to Chad shift to “living with COVID- what he called a “posture time remote teaching is not
part, they are following basic vaccine.” Baldwin, associate vice pres- 19 at an endemic level.” that recognizes COVID-19 an allowable substitute for
protocols for quarantine and Some universities are ident for communications Classes were expected to as endemic.” in-person instruction.”
isolation, albeit for reduced even loosening what were and marketing. resume in person Jan. 10. “What this means going This belied the notion that
periods of time, as recom- once strict rules for quaran- Yet public health experts But a petition signed forward is generally fewer faculty members could ask
mended by the Centers for tining and isolation. Harvard are cautioning that campus by 7,500 people, referenc- restrictions that inhibit our for exceptions, she said.
Teen aviator hopes to inspire
others by setting global record
By Raf Casert
Associated Press
BRUSSELS — Avoid
typhoon in the Philippines.
Check.
Steer clear of massive
California wildfires. Check.
Keep away from test
missiles in North Korea.
What? Wait.
As teenage pilot Zara
Rutherford flew ever
onward in a record-chal-
lenging global odyssey,
she met little as strange or
A mourner hugs the father of fire victim Ousmane Konteh, 2, after a mass funeral service scary as when she tried to
Sunday at the Islamic Cultural Center for the Bronx in New York. YUKI IWAMURA/AP squeeze in between North Zara Rutherford, 19, waves from her ultralight plane before
Korean airspace and a taking off Aug. 18 from Kortrijk, Belgium. VIRGINIA MAYO/AP
Outpouring of grief as victims massive cloud threatening
to cut off passage for her in a plane that looks like a fly that the whole cabin stank
ultralight plane. among the giants parked at of smoke and I could not see
of Bronx fire are laid to rest “Well, they test missiles an airport like New York’s anything but a burnished
once in a while without JFK, the Belgian-British orange color,” Rutherford
warning,” Rutherford said. teenager wants to infuse said. She had to abort her
More importantly, she was young women and girls route and make an unsched-
By Bobby Caina Calvan leave behind orphaned chil- and died after being over- just 15 minutes from flying worldwide with the spirit uled landing in Redding,
Associated Press dren. come by smoke while trying over one of the last places of aviation — and an enthu- California.
There were 15 caskets in to descend down the stair- one should enter uninvited. siasm for studies in the Over Siberia, the light
NEW YORK — A Bronx all that lined the front of the way, which acted as a flue So she radioed her exact sciences, mathemat- played tricks on her vision,
community gathered prayer hall. They ranged in for the heavy smoke. control team to ask if she ics, engineering and tech- sometimes casting doubt
Sunday to pay its final size — some no bigger than The funeral was held at could cut the corner over nology. whether she saw moun-
respects to perished loved small coffee tables, contain- the Islamic Cultural Center, the isolationist commu- Two mathematical statis- tains or clouds. “And for
ones, a week after a fire ing the bodies of the young- 2 miles from the 19-story nist dictatorship to get to tics stand out for her — only me clouds are a really big
filled a high-rise apartment est children who died. apartment building where Seoul. “Straight away they 5% of commercial pilots and deal. Especially in Russia,”
building with thick, suffo- “One week they were New York City’s deadli- said: ‘Whatever you do, do 15% of computer scientists with its biting cold. Cutting
cating smoke that killed 17 with us ... now they’re gone,” est fire in three decades not go into North Korean are women. through such clouds, too
people, including eight chil- said Musa Kabba, the imam unfolded. airspace!’ ” Fortunately the “The gender gap is huge,” much ice might build up
dren. at the Masjid-Ur-Rahmah Hundreds filled the clouds cooperated enough she said. on her wings, paralyzing
The mass funeral capped mosque, where many of the mosque and many hundreds and she didn’t have to Yet once the canopy control. “At that point your
a week of prayers and deceased had prayed. more filled tents outside or continue the crash course closed over her cockpit and plane is no longer a plane,”
mourning within a close- Last week, burial services huddled in the cold to pay in applied geopolitics. another six- to eight-hour she said.
knit community hailing were held for two children their respects. The services At the age of 19, she flight began, lofty thoughts That, or any other
from West Africa, most at a mosque in Harlem. were beamed onto jumbo is set to land her single- of global outreach receded mishap, could have
with connections to the tiny After Sunday’s services screens outside and in other seater Shark sport aircraft as she concentrated on one happened on a section of
country of Gambia. in New York City, 11 caskets rooms of the mosque. in Kortrijk, Belgium, on lonely individual — herself. the route where she once
Amid the mourning, were transported to a Because of the magnitude Monday, more than 150 Using Visual Flight Rules, saw only one village in six
there was also frustration cemetery in New Jersey of the tragedy, funeral orga- days after setting out from basically going on sight only, hours.
and anger as family, friends for burial. Four of the nizers insisted on a public there to become the young- danger lurked even closer The project would
and neighbors of the dead victims were expected to funeral to bring attention est woman to circumnav- than when she would be have been tough enough
tried to make sense of the be repatriated to Gambia, to the plight of immigrant igate the world solo. U.S. able to use fancy naviga- in normal times, but the
tragedy. as requested by their fami- families across New York aviator Shaesta Waiz was tional instruments to lead pandemic added another
“This is a sad situation. lies, a Gambian government City. 30 when she set the previ- her through the night, complication — which
But everything comes from official attending the service “There’s outcry. There’s ous benchmark. clouds or fog. indirectly led to the North
God. Tragedies always said. injustice. There’s neglect,” Flying runs in Ruther- Crossing northern Korean adventure.
happen, we just thank All week, family members said Sheikh Musa Dram- ford’s blood since both her California from Palo Alternative plans to go
Allah that we can all come had been anxious to lay meh, who was among those parents are pilots and she Alto towards Seattle, she over China to Seoul were
together,” said Haji Duku- their loved ones to rest to leading the response to the has been traveling in small headed into the huge wild- ditched when the Chinese
ray, the uncle of Haja Duku- honor Islamic tradition, tragedy. planes since she was 6. At fires blighting the area. government refused
ray, who died with three which calls for burial as Officials blamed a faulty 14, she started flying herself The higher she climbed to permission citing COVID-
of her children and her soon after death as possi- space heater in a third-floor and about 130 hours of solo avoid the smoke — up to 19, which, Rutherford said,
husband. ble. But complications over apartment for the blaze, flights prepped her for the 10,000 feet — the tougher it “was slightly frustrating
The dead ranged in age identifying the victims which spewed plumes of record attempt, which she was to keep her eyes on the because I’m in the plane
from 2 to 50. Entire fami- delayed their release to smoke that quickly rose hopes will also have a bigger ground. at 6,000 feet. I’d be very
lies were killed, including a funeral homes. through the stairwell of the meaning. “The smoke was build- impressed if I could pass on
family of five. Others would All of the dead collapsed 19-story building. With the final touchdown ing up and up, to the point COVID like this.”
Hartford Courant | Section 1 | Monday, January 17, 2022 9
OPINION
Helen Bennett
Executive Editor
[email protected]
COURANT.COM/OPINION
OP-ED
Why sanction threats won’t be enough
By George F. Will
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — When Klaus Fuchs,
the German physicist and Soviet spy who
stole information about the Manhattan
Project, died in East Germany in 1988, no
high Soviet official attended his funeral.
But a 35-year-old KGB agent stationed in
Dresden did: Vladimir Putin. In 1990, after
East Germany lurched out of the Soviet
orbit, Putin drove home to a comparatively
backward Russia with a trophy of socialist
achievement strapped to the roof of his car:
a washing machine.
Putin is a coarse fabric woven of humili-
ations and grudges, with a common thread:
Loathing of NATO is the distillation of
his smoldering fury about Russia’s, and
hence his, diminishment. When Presi-
dent Joe Biden speaks of Putin’s security
“concerns,” Biden adopts Putin’s cyni-
cal vocabulary, thereby giving a patina of
normal geopolitics to what actually is more
radical and sinister: the aggressive cultural
illiberalism and wounded national vanity
that fuel Putin’s assault on Europe’s norms
and security architecture.
It has been well said that the most
important event in Russian politics in
this century happened outside Russia:
Ukraine’s Orange Revolution of 2004-
2005, which expressed a broad revulsion
against Russia and yearning for a Western
orientation. Hence the audacity of Putin’s
claims that Russians and the 44 million
Ukrainians are “one people.” Rhetoric that
flaunts the speaker’s contempt for real-
ity — last May, Putin said the Soviet Union Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded an end to NATO “military activity” in Eastern Europe, including in member states such as Estonia,
fought Hitler “alone” — can be a precur- Latvia and Lithuania. ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AP
sor of audacious actions to violently revise
reality. have been aimed, in part, at stamping out substitute for effective policies. Writing to missile-interceptor systems, which
In 1994, Russia signed the Budapest the very idea of European values.” And in the Financial Times, Megan Greene of are definitionally defensive, in Poland
Memorandum, under which Ukraine at warning Russians about “the price of Harvard’s Kennedy School says the U.S. and Romania, both NATO members. His
yielded the 1,900 nuclear weapons on its showing insubordination.” government’s tabulation is that the use multiplying demands amount to control of
territory, and Russia agreed to “respect the Therefore, Shevtsova wrote, Putin does of sanctions has increased 933 percent Ukraine’s foreign policy. And the neuter-
independence and sovereignty and exist- not want a face-saving de-escalation. He between 2000 and 2021. “Russia,” she ing of NATO: He demands an end to NATO
ing borders of Ukraine” and to “refrain wants to prevent a Westernized Ukraine says, “is already heavily sanctioned,” “military activity” in Eastern Europe,
from the threat or use of force” against from becoming “a dangerous model for with no discernible improving effect on including in member states such as Esto-
it. This agreement was shredded in 2014, emulation,” a demonstration that “a soci- Russia’s behavior regarding Ukraine, nia, Latvia and Lithuania.
a time when Ukrainian demonstrations ety that has experienced the same history cyberattacks, the assassination of Putin’s The E.U. should help hasten Ukraine’s
advocated a substantial trade agreement of Sovietization as Russia is capable of opponents abroad or domestic civil liber- compliance with criteria for membership,
with the European Union. Putin annexed overcoming this legacy and becoming a ties. and NATO should move significant mili-
Crimea and launched the ongoing war in rule-of-law state.” Unfortunately, “Russia’s Russia is not just a “gas station masquer- tary assets closer to Ukraine. The United
eastern Ukraine that has killed more than determination to make Ukraine ungovern- ading as a country” (John McCain) and not States and NATO, says Secretary of State
14,000 people. able often seems stronger than Europe’s just “sitting on top of an economy that has Antony Blinken, have an “unwavering
Two years ago, Lilia Shevtsova, the commitment to helping Ukraine to move nuclear weapons and oil wells and nothing commitment ... to Ukraine’s territorial
author of “Putin’s Russia,” wrote “Russia’s forward along its chosen pro-European else” (Biden). Russia also has ambitions, integrity.” NATO Secretary General Jens
Ukraine Obsession” for the Journal of trajectory.” neuroses and no compunction about using Stoltenberg says that although Ukraine
Democracy. She argued that Ukraine’s Abandoning Ukraine to Putin, she wrote, war — and disruptions and subversions is not a member, it “is a partner, a highly
pivot toward Europe, and away from would be “a deeply embarrassing defeat for that blur the distinction between peace valued partner.” Prove it.
Russia’s attempt to reduce Ukraine to the the liberal democracies.” Of which there and war — to advance its ambitions and
status of “an ersatz state,” poses “civi- are fewer than there once were. assuage its neuroses. George F. Will writes on politics and domes-
lizational challenges”: “The Kremlin’s Recourse to sanctions has become At a nearly four-hour news conference tic and foreign affairs for The Washington
actions in and propaganda about Ukraine the default setting for U.S. policy and a last month, Putin seemed to object even Post.
OP-ED LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
When did health care If election was fixed, us who would be on this task force, its
mission or why Tong, who has no juris-
how did GOP gain seats?
diction over criminal matters, is even
On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insur- involved. More important is what was left
stop being about care? rection, President Joe Biden carefully unsaid: California has cited one reason for
listed the defeated former president’s lies this problem is a change in its law to make
and disproven election claims (confirmed thefts of up to $1,000 misdemeanors.
by multiple recounts and court rulings). That was the law in Connecticut until the
While Republicans in Congress actually legislature changed it. Now the value of
By John J. Houlihan Jr. A model of integrated health care has gained seats relying on the same ballots on goods stolen has to be more than $2,000 in
and Julianne Lombardo Klaassen benefits; it can be reassuring to know that which Trump topped the ticket, somehow Connecticut for the offense to be a felony.
all of your doctors are under the same Trump’s loss by more than 7 million votes This change was urged by the Connecticut
A lawsuit filed in federal court last week umbrella, that there is a team approach to was because of “election fraud.” So how Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
by St. Francis Medical Center against your care. When this integration becomes did those Republicans manage to win on and supported by Tong when he was a
Hartford HealthCare contains allegations a wholesale swallowing up of all compe- the same “fraudulent” ballots? Shouldn’t state rep (HB 6576).
that, if true, are troubling. The suit alleges, tition, as St. Francis claims, it can leave their ballots be recounted thrice and Connecticut also has a law addressing
essentially, that Hartford HealthCare is patients with very few choices. As a worst- checked too? organized theft rings called the persistent
attempting to create a health care monop- case scenario, it can squash innovation, It seems obvious that the Republi- larceny offender statute, which increased
oly by using illegal business practices to restrict access to cutting-edge, life-saving can false claim of election fraud is only a shoplifting to a low-level felony upon
buy up physician groups and other health technology and limit a patient’s ability to pretense to enact voter suppression laws. a third conviction. Unfortunately, it’s
care services in an effort to “crush” St. obtain an unbiased second opinion. Note that the Republican Party appar- provisions were gutted in 2019, again at
Francis. St. Francis’ allegations will surely be ently lacks policies that would attract the urging of The Connecticut Crimi-
The lawsuit, which is seeking a perma- hotly contested. Two of the state’s largest sentient voters. Thus, gerrymandering nal Defense Lawyers Association. Who
nent injunction and monetary damages, health care systems are poised to engage and making voting hard for minorities is signed the law gutting our persistent
states that Hartford Hospital engaged in in what could be an epic courtroom battle its best chance to retain power. larceny offender statute? Gov. Lamont (SB
a campaign of anti-competitive practices over “hundreds of millions of dollars.” Scott MacDonald, Higganum 1055). The irony is richer than my Christ-
and intimidation to obtain and expand its The litigation might shed much-needed mas cheesecake.
market dominance, which has resulted in a light on the corporate interests underlying Disappointed in Joe Cyr, Bristol
lower quality of care that is more expensive health care in Connecticut.
for patients. St. Francis claims that doctors How this will all shake out is unclear. response to Jan. 6 riots
and practice groups have been manipu- What is clear is that it will be resolved by
lated by corporate executives to drive down our talented and independent judiciary, Last week marked the one-year anni- Tell Us
competition and restrict referrals. along with citizen jurors. Jurors who versary of a dark day in American history.
Your Story
In the midst of a global pandemic in happen to be patients. Thousands of domestic terrorists seized
which Connecticut’s health care profes- control of the Capitol in an attempted Please send us your true stories,
sionals have been on the front lines, a John J. Houlihan Jr. is the managing partner coup to keep Donald Trump in office, written in your voice.
lawsuit containing serious allegations of at the Hartford law firm of RisCassi & and to murder police, lawmakers and the
illegal activity and lesser quality of care by Davis. He is an adjunct professor of law at vice president in the process. The official Love Etc. Stories from
one hospital against another comes as a UConn and a fellow in the American College governmental response to these atroci- the heart — your essays
shock to the system. Where does this leave of Trial Lawyers. Julianne Lombardo Klaas- ties is beyond disappointing, and beyond about emotional life in the
patients? sen is an attorney at RisCassi and Davis. comprehension. Why on earth should 21st century.
citizens be satisfied that only 700 or so of
these terrorists now face charges — mostly Why I… In which you
low-level trespassing charges? explain why you feel so
Federal investigators should not stop strongly about something
until every person who invaded the in Connecticut.
building, or was anywhere on the Capitol
grounds where they weren’t authorized First Person: In which you
to be that day, is mercilessly pursued until explain a deeply private
found, charged, tried and imprisoned for a issue against the backdrop
lengthy term. of social and economic forces.
Ellen E Wilson, Canterbury
Living Here: What is it
AG Tong, Lamont helped really like to live in
Connecticut?
spur retail theft problems
We welcome all submissions and
The Courant’s lack of context in its will publish the best. We especially
coverage of Attorney General William look for younger writers and those
Tong’s and Gov. Ned Lamont’s recent whose voices aren’t heard often
attention to organized retail theft is disap- enough. Essays should be 600-700
A lawsuit filed by St. Francis Medical Center alleges Hartford Hospital has engaged in a pointing [courant.com, Dec. 15, “Connecti- words, written in the first person
campaign of anti-competitive practices and intimidation to obtain and expand its market cut task force will tackle online market and emailed to [email protected].
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or comparable legal bond form shall be used NOTICE OF SANITARY SEWER
TICKET! as the form for the bond, except that such ASSESSMENT
bond must be consistent with Supplementary NOW DUE AND PAYABLE
Instruction to Bidders.
THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
7. Bidder’s attention is particularly called 555 Main Street
to the requirements as to the conditions Hartford, Connecticut
of employment to be observed, and to the
minimum wage rates to be paid under the Notice is hereby given that the deferred final
contract. The bidder must submit certified assessment for sanitary sewer on property
payrolls throughout the project. Prevailing formerly owned by Connecticut Light & Power,
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8. No bidder may withdraw his bid within Windsor, CT, also known as, Item 31421B is
ninety (90) days after the date of the bid declared due and payable to the Collector of
opening. The Metropolitan District at 555 Main Street,
Dogs 9. This contract is subject to state set-aside Hartford, Connecticut, in accordance with the
and contract compliance requirements. Charter and Ordinances of The Metropolitan
District.
10. The Town of Windsor reserves the right John S. Mirtle, Esq.
to reject any and all bids or any part thereof, District Clerk
or to waive defects in same, or to accept any 1/17/2022 7128591
proposal, or part thereof, deemed to be in
the best interest of the Town of Windsor for
Concerts whatever reason. The project will be awarded
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