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Jarrett Murphy

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ER nurse. Former editor of @CityLimitsNews. Dad of 2 who married very well. Boston-born, New Britain-raised, Bronx proud. Go Sox, Pats, Knicks & Isles.
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New York nurses want a fair contract for themselves

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By Jarrett Murphy Verified, Donovan Carey
| New York Daily News Verified
On the streets of New York City, ’tis the season of twinkling lights. Inside the pediatric emergency room where we work, it’s the time of coughs and high fevers. The worst flu surge ever recorded in our state is upon us, heralded by the line of sick kids and worried parents who stream through our doors. Some we just give a little Tylenol to knock their fever down, but many need breathing treatments because the combo of influenza and winter cold has triggered their asthma.
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Rewatching ‘Jaws’ in Trump's America, 50 Years After It Terrified and Delighted Us

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By Jarrett Murphy Verified
| The Village Voice Verified
When I finally came face to face last year with the most terrifying and beloved monster of my childhood, it was suspended from cables above a stairwell in the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. It seemed smaller and less powerful than I had imagined — almost a pathetic creature, a literal fish out of water, snarling impotently at me with sunny Los Angeles as its backdrop. Initially, this made for a disappointing encounter. Why had I found this ridiculous creature so thrilling, so frightening?
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Fire-Proofing New York’s High-Rises, 50 Years After ‘The Towering Inferno’

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By Jarrett Murphy Verified
| City Limits Verified
Even today, there is ongoing debate among builders, safety experts and first responders about whether New York City is doing enough to reduce the risks of high-rise fire catastrophes—all as a new generation of supertall, super-skinny towers remakes the city’s skyline. In a key scene in the classic 1974 disaster film “The Towering Inferno,” fire chief Michael O’Hallorhan shuffles wearily through the debris from a catastrophic fire in the tallest building in the world.
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