Former NYPD Transit Chief Recovers From COVID-19, Spreads Hope

Fox has spent his life driven by a mission to do good, and since he started recovering, he has been brimming with ideas to give back.

Joe Fox recovered from COVID-19 and shared his story to try to help give others hope. He says our fears should not end up making us feel worse than the virus itself. Courtesy of Joe Fox

Joe Fox was inside his house in Rockaway Beach, N.Y., looking out over at the happy children playing on the boardwalk, and he felt the same happiness he did two weeks ago, even though two weeks ago he had just come down with COVID-19.

“I found myself looking out the window, seeing people on the beach, walking by. I remember thinking ‘Wow, they’re so lucky, they’re not sick,’ because so many people in so many other places are,” said Fox, 63. “But that just got me in touch with, I guess, a feeling of empathy with those who are not overall healthy.”