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City of Naples Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Adam Nadelman received a COVID-19 vaccination on Thursday. (CREDIT: WINK News) Adam Nadelman was among the first first-responders to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday. NCH Healthcare System announced on Wednesday they would begin vaccinating those pre-hospital healthcare workers like EMS and paramedics on Thursday. As Nadelman waited for his shot, the battalion chief with the city of Naples Fire-Rescue kept thinking of Anthony “Tony” Christensen, one of the victims lost to the pandemic this year. Christensen was a 22-year veteran of the Naples fire department who died on Aug. 4 after contracting COVID-19. “I just kept on thinking to myself, you know, I wish this was available for him and that he was here getting the shot,” Nadelman said. Nadelman said he’s heard a lot of people say the virus is not a big deal. But that’s not always the case, he said. “That didn’t help Tony,” Nadelman said. Christensen, 55, died more than a month after contracting COVID-19 while on the job. Nadelman said he hopes getting the vaccine publicly will help others realize it is safe and encourages them to get vaccinated.