Jeremi and Lieutenant Richard Mack discuss what it’s like for those who work in the front lines responding to and helping citizens in dealing with this current pandemic

Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “Silence and Sound.”

Richard Mack is a lieutenant in the New York Police Department, where he has served for almost twenty-five years. He is currently a Platoon Commander in the Strategic Response Group for the New York Police Department. Richard is also an adjunct professor at John Jay College in New York.