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NATHALIE (off‐screen): When you are struggling to take a breath
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The First Wave

When youare struggling to take a breath, every second feelslike an eternity, every...

NATHALIE (off‐screen): When you
are struggling to take a breath, every second feels
like an eternity, every minute
seems like forever

Full Transcript

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NATHALIE (off‐screen): When you are struggling to take a breath,
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every second feels like an eternity,
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every minute seems like forever.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:34
Uploaded
May 07, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
National Geographic,Our Time Projects,Participant,National Geographic Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

A documentary following nurses, doctors, and administrators in a New York City hospital as they respond to the victims from the COVID-19 pandemic.
That is the look that I see multiple times a day. - The First Wave 00:06
That is the look that I see multiple times a day.
But people don't see that. - The First Wave 00:04
But people don't see that.
NATHALIE (off‐screen): The majority of my patients are - The First Wave 00:07
NATHALIE (off‐screen): The majority of my patients are
And being born in the Bronx from Haitian parents, - The First Wave 00:08
And being born in the Bronx from Haitian parents,
And every time you see the patient you can't help but say, - The First Wave 00:09
And every time you see the patient you can't help but s...
It's tough to see your people constantly have to suffer. - The First Wave 00:05
It's tough to see your people constantly have to suffer...
REPORTER (over TV): It means keeping physical distance where you can. - The First Wave 00:09
REPORTER (over TV): It means keeping physical distance where...
WOMAN (over PA): Medical rapid response to LIJ A tower room T820. - The First Wave 00:13
WOMAN (over PA): Medical rapid response to LIJ A tower room ...
KELLI (off‐screen)E: Mr. Ellis has had a persistent fever and - The First Wave 00:06
KELLI (off‐screen)E: Mr. Ellis has had a persistent fever an...
I don't want you to be too awake while you're having - The First Wave 00:05
I don't want you to be too awake while you're havi...
KELLIE: Every time I look at him, I see those little kids and - The First Wave 00:04
KELLIE: Every time I look at him, I see those little kids an...
KELLIE: He said, "I'm so young and I have a young family. - The First Wave 00:05
KELLIE: He said, "I'm so young and I have a young ...
Please don't let me die." - The First Wave 00:12
Please don't let me die."
I just, every day we go home and I think about how I might - The First Wave 00:10
I just, every day we go home and I think about how I might
ALEXIS (over phone): Austin, do you want to get your story that you made - The First Wave 00:06
ALEXIS (over phone): Austin, do you want to get your story t...
Have a good night. - The First Wave 00:04
Have a good night.
KELLIE (over phone): So he did run a bit of a fever today. - The First Wave 00:05
KELLIE (over phone): So he did run a bit of a fever today.
KELLIE (over phone): So they're still continuing his antibiotics, - The First Wave 00:07
KELLIE (over phone): So they're still continuing his an...
KELLIE (over phone): Some thing came back in his, in his cultur - The First Wave 00:06
KELLIE (over phone): Some thing came back in his, in his cul...
ALEXIS (off‐screen): Sometimes, my mind does go down a dark path. - The First Wave 00:07
ALEXIS (off‐screen): Sometimes, my mind does go down a dark ...