Virus survivor: Double lung transplant 'a walking miracle'

Arthur Sanchez's memories of his monthslong hospital stays are hazy but he hasn't forgotten how it felt when COVID-19 took away his ability to breathe.“I would probably compare it to being underwater too long and not being able to come up for air,” Sanchez said while standing behind a lectern.Seven months after he was first hospitalized with the coronavirus in his hometown of Las Cruces, New Mexico, the 52-year-old utility worker has a brand new set of lungs.