Video: Gov. Andrew Cuomo reads Kansas farmer’s letter accompanying N95 mask donation
"You want to talk about a snapshot of humanity. How beautiful is that?"
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Yet the retired farmer also knew someone else in need could use one, too. Hospitals around the country are currently experiencing a shortage of masks and eye gear, with many doctors and medical workers conducting procedures and interacting with COVID-19 patients without proper equipment.
Feeling like doctor or nurse could benefit more than he would, Dennis kept four masks and sent his last unused one to New York – the state with the highest cases and deaths from COVID-19. Along with the mask he sent a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo – which Cuomo read out loud during a press conference on Friday.
Gov. Cuomo reads a letter he received from a retired farmer in Kansas who sent him an N95 mask with a request to give it to a nurse or doctor:
“You want to talk about a snapshot of humanity … How beautiful is that?” pic.twitter.com/FuUqizQawP
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“We are a nation in crisis, of that there is no doubt,” Cuomo read. “Enclosed find a solitary N95 mask left over from my farming days. It has never been used [and] if you could, would you give this mask to a nurse or doctor in your state. Please keep on doing what you do so well, which is to lead.”
It was an act of kindness that touched Cuomo emotionally.
“You have five masks, what do you do?” Cuomo continued. “You keep all five, do you hide the five masks, keep them for yourselves or others? No, you send one mask to New York to help a nurse or a doctor. How beautiful is that?”
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