Coronavirus News: Man goes home after 122 days fighting virus

ALBERTSON, Long Island (WABC) -- A man who spent months battling COVID-19 and nearly died is back at home on Long Island.[br /][br /]Anthony Bosco, a 62-year-old father of three, was released from rehab on Friday after spending 122 days fighting coronavirus.[br /][br /]He was admitted to North Shore University Hospital on March 24 -- four months ago.[br /][br /][b]RELATED | [url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/miracle-larry-coronavirus-recovery-ventilator-dive-bar/6329556/" TARGET="_BLANK" REL=""]'Miracle Larry' heads home after fighting COVID since March[/url][/b][br /][br /]Bosco, who recently retired as an MTA Safety training expert, suffered a series of complications and setbacks but pulled through.[br /][br /]"It's great, it's the greatest thing to be with my family for the first time in four months, and that I'm able to do so and I got really sick but I'm obviously here to say hi from six feet above ground," he said.[br /][br /]Bosco spent 30 days on a ventilator and suffered many close calls of death, but his family refused the DNR option.[br /][br /]At Northwell Health Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation, he had to relearn how to walk and talk.[br /][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/society/new-episode-of-eyewitness-to-a-pandemic-docuseries/6219746/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""][b]WATCH THE SERIES: EYEWITNESS TO A PANDEMIC (Episode 6 below)[/b][/url][br /][media ID="6292604" /][br /][Ads /][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/coronavirus/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""][h3]MORE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 COVERAGE[/h3][/url][br /][b]abc7NY Phase Tracker: [/b][br /][iframe SRC="https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/2591289/embed" HEIGHTSMALL="300" HEIGHTMEDIUM="540" HEIGHTLARGE="720" /][br /][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/feature/health/covid-19-help-information-and-resources/6118594/" TARGET="" REL=""][b]COVID-19 Help, Information. Stimulus and Business Updates[/b][/url][br /][b]UPDATES [/b][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/new-york/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]New York City[/url][br /][Ads /][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/new-jersey/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]New Jersey[/url][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/long-island/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Long Island[/url][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/northern-suburbs//" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Westchester and Hudson Valley[/url][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/connecticut/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Connecticut [/url][br /][br /][b]7 On Your Side Investigates: Up to 4,000 coronavirus cases prevented by NYC contact tracers[/b][br /][media ID="6311834" /][br /][br /][b]REOPENING INFORMATION[/b][br /][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/health/whats-open-closed-in-new-york-area-during-covid-19-pandemic/6123699/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]What's Open, What's Closed[/url][br /][Ads /][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/politics/reopen-ny-the-metrics-and-phases-to-reopening/6185348/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Reopening New York State[/url][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/health/reopening-new-jersey-what-will-reopen-and-when/6188416/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Reopening New Jersey[/url][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/health/reopening-connecticut-phase-1-underway-in-4-phased-plan/6188462/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Reopening Connecticut[/url][br /][br /][url HREF="https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-cases-by-zip.pdf" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow"]Total count of NYC, Long Island COVID-19 cases based on patient address[/url]