A nurse on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic was found dead in his car in late April after battling trauma related to his work.
William Coddington, 32, became a nurse in 2018 and began seeing COVID-19 patients showing up in his West Palm Beach, Fla., intensive care unit in March.
As someone recovering from an opioid addiction battle since his early 20s, Coddington found it hard to be separated from his 12-step recovery meetings, his mom told Reuters.
Coddington spoke to his friend Robert Marks on April 24, the night before he died. “Don’t take unnecessary risks, but hang in there,” Marks texted him, Reuters says.