N.H. first responders draw national attention with tribute to local health care workers
Laconia police and firefighters formed a heart with their cruisers and flashed their lights, showing appreciation for a local hospital's employees.
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Laconia, New Hampshire, police officers organized a show of support for a local hospital, driving their cruisers into the parking lot and forming a heart for health care workers during their evening shift changes.
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The tribute to staff at Lakes Region General Hospital on Sunday drew national attention after ABC News tweeted an aerial image of the heart.
GIVING THANKS: The Laconia Police Department arranged their squad cars into the shape of heart with “LPD THANKS YOU” printed on the parking lot as a show of support for health care workers on the front lines of the novel coronavirus. https://t.co/bKBqo5BQa3 pic.twitter.com/cjoKmbI985
— ABC News (@ABC) April 26, 2020
In the center of the nine cars, the New Hampshire police department wrote, “LPD THANKS YOU!”
Laconia firefighters also showed up to show appreciation, parking three trucks along the curb with their red lights beaming.
“All of these hard-working medical professionals are truly on the front lines and are the heart and soul in this battle against this deadly virus,” police wrote in a Facebook post. “We appreciate our medical professionals and are honored and proud to support them!!”
LRGHealthcare CEO and President Kevin Donovan told WMUR that staff enjoyed peering outside to see the display.
“They’re about taking care of each other, they’re about supporting each other,” he told the news station. “It’s about showing each other and coming together to take care of everybody. It’s just really nice.”
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