The Queens assistant principal stricken with swine flu succumbed to the deadly virus today, the first person to die in the city from the disease, hospital officials said.
"We were treating him very aggressively," said Flushing Hospital spokesman Ole Pedersen. "Unfortunately, he did expire at 6:17 p.m. this evening."
The sick man, Mitchell Wiener, 55, an assistant principal at IS 238 in Jamaica Estates, first fell ill more than a week ago, but didn't seek help at the hospital until his symptoms became severe early Wednesday morning.
Since that time, he's been in a medically induced coma, on a ventilator.
Just hours before his death, his wife, Bonnie, said there were hopeful signs.
"There's no change," she told The Post earlier today. "He's stabilized. They're just giving him supporting care and hoping the treatment will kick in."
According to Newsday He and his wife were active members of Garden Jewish Center until a few years ago, Rabbi Martin Cooper said. Mitchell Wiener served on the synagogue's board of directors and as treasurer in the late 1990s.
"He has a very warm personality," Cooper said. "He is very well-liked in the congregation."
(Source: NY Post) (Taken almost entirely from: VosIzNeias)
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