WTNH Channel 8
by: Amber Diaz, Leah Myers
Posted: May 23, 2020 WALLINGFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Longtime Wallingford EMT Lenny Guercia was reunited with family Saturday afternoon after a 53 day battle with coronavirus. “Today is the first day of the rest of my life,” he said. The father of three was released from Gaylord Hospital after a grueling battle with coronavirus. He was on a ventilator for three weeks at Yale-New Haven Hospital before he was transferred to Gaylord to recover. But for those 53 days he sat, not worried about himself but about the community he serves. “I take care of other people, it’s hard for people to take care of me,” Guercia said. “I got here, I couldn’t walk, and they saw me walkout. It’s been a long 53 days.”