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I Came Close To Dying: Wall Street's Most Photographed Man Is Ready For Normalcy

If 100% of a firm's traders are fully vaccinated, they can start sending more to the stock exchange floor. They can eat lunch in their booths again. Masks will be optional in some parts of the floor.
Stock trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 9, 2020.

After Peter Tuchman left the New York Stock Exchange in March, he was worried he wouldn't come back.

"I basically came very close to dying," he says.

Known as "the most photographed man on," Tuchman has an amazing expressiveness that tells you instantly if stocks are up or down. He contracted COVID-19 early on, and has had health issues ever since. Tuchman didn't return to the trading floor full-time until November.

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