NEW JERSEY - Lt. Antonio Ellis was unconscious for 30 days, spent 45 days in intensive care units, endured three cardiac arrests, and lost 40 pounds during his grueling hospital stay.A miraculous comeback that almost wasn’t.
More than a year after becoming one of the first severe COVID-19 cases in the state of New Jersey last March, Manchester Township police officer Antonio Ellis returned to Cooper Hospital to thank his doctors and caregivers that saved his life."I am here standing in front of you now, post 18 months out from this, back on the job in full-duty, serving my community, with my family because of everybody here and what you continue to do is so very, very important," said Lt.