“I don’t know him, I don’t know his wife, but throughout the last 13 years as a nurse I realized this is why we do it,\" Swendsen wrote. \"Times are tough but we make a difference. I love my team.\"
Another woman, Shay Vander Vliet, shared the photo on Facebook because her sister, Paige Vander Vliet, is also a nurse in the emergency department at Morristown Medical Center.
\"Thank you, Paige, and ALL of the nurses and doctors, for your hard work and dedication, especially during this scary time,\" she wrote in a post alongside the photo.
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