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Published 12:51 IST, April 4th 2020

COVID-19: FDNY firefighters salute medical staff for their hard work | Watch

To salute the sincere efforts of all the doctors, members of the New York Fire Department clapped for medical workers outside New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

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COVID-19: FDNY firefighters salute medical staff for their hard work | Watch
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In a way to salute the sincere and hardworking efforts of all the doctors and their medical staff who are working rigorously to combat the deadly coronavirus disease, the members of the New York Fire Department flocked the streets and applauded for medical workers outside New York-Presbyterian Hospital on April 2. This beautiful gesture of the firefighters was filmed in a short video that is receiving love from all across.

An ode to medical staffs

In the video, the firefighters can be seen standing on their trucks and clapping for all the medical staff who are tirelessly working hard in treating patients. Apart from applauding, the viewers can also hear the sound of the bells from the trucks ringing along with the siren to pay due respect to all the doctors. As soon as the video was uploaded by the FDNY on their twitter handle, scores of people flooded the comment section with their takes. Some praised the efforts of the doctors while the other lauded the efforts of the firefighters for their jobs.

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'We are all in this together'

Paying their respect for the firefighters and thanking them for this initiative one of the users wrote that she loves firemen while the other echoed similar sentiments as one of his cousin's is a fireman in Denver and he got to know that his cousin and 5 of his crew are out with Coronavirus. Devastating to his wife and 3 kids. Other users saluted the medical staff of New York for their act of kindness and their efforts to treat the patients with utmost sincerity. Showering his blessings, one of the users wrote that God bless and protect you all, while another user thanked the firefighters for their beautiful gesture and wrote that thank you all for saluting the healthcare workers. All are in this together.

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Updated 12:41 IST, April 4th 2020