Dear New Yorkers,
They spent decades caring for the city’s dead and dealing with its worst disasters, from Sept. 11 to the COVID-19 outbreak. Now, in their retirement, the Morgan twins are ready to focus on the living.
Identical twin brothers Marvin and Melvin Morgan have worked as city morticians for years, in the medical examiner’s office and Elmhurst Hospital, respectively. What they’ve seen on the job shocked even the psychiatrists who spoke with them about the trials of the stressful work.
“They couldn't take the stories,” Marvin told THE CITY. “They were saying — how can y’all deal with this.”
But after 20 years each in the business of bodies, the pair say they’re ready for a different side of life: spending time with family, and focusing even more on their community around LeFrak City, Queens where they’ve lobbied for a youth center, registered people to vote and hosted sports clinics for years.
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