WEST HAVEN, Conn, (WTNH) — Last week field hospitals began to go up across the state. Now, colleges and sports arenas are taking up the call to arms, by opening up their dorms and public spaces to first responders who can’t go home–for fear of infecting their own families–while they work on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. 

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“They’re putting in long long hours. They’re putting their lives on the line. Every day, for all of us,” said Doug Whiting with the University of New Haven.

UNH has been one of the first to step up. Their doors are open starting Tuesday for New Haven and West Haven police officers and firefighters. The university is heeding the call for help from the cavalry

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