He returned to the hospital to get married outside the intensive care unit at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. Garcia was one of the first people in Metro Detroit to contract COVID-19. He said he struggles when he sees and hears of people who still choose to deny the seriousness of coronavirus. We don’t have anything else.”Still, a year later, he’s incredibly hopeful. He is hopeful that one day he will return to saving lives, instead of continuing to fight for his own.

Avery Garcia said he caught coronavirus in the back on an ambulance as he worked to rescue other COVID-19 patients. Garcia is now on the mend, but he said the only way to save people now is through his powerful testimony. He spent two months in the hospital at the beginning of the pandemic with 35 days unconscious on a ventilator. After three months, he is still fighting the ravages of COVID-19. As the numbers are going up in the state, he said it’s important for people to take the pandemic seriously.