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Director of the Intensive Care unit Gabriele Tomasoni, 65, poses for a portrait at the Brescia Spedali Civic Hospital, in Brescia, Italy Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. "These are patients who are starving for air," said Tomasoni. "We know these are elderly patients," Tomasoni said at the end of his shift on Friday evening. "They need closeness. Tenderness." (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Director of the Intensive Care unit Gabriele Tomasoni, 65, poses for a portrait at the Brescia Spedali Civic Hospital, in Brescia, Italy Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. "These are patients who are starving for air," said Tomasoni. "We know these are elderly patients," Tomasoni said at the end of h…

March 28, 2020

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AP PHOTOS: Italy's front-line medical heroes, in portraits
March 28, 2020 4:14 a.m.

AP PHOTOS: Italy's front-line medical heroes, in portraits

ROME (AP) — Their eyes are tired. Their cheekbones rubbed raw from protective masks. They don’t smile.