The Passaic Police Department honored those on the frontline this morning, and spread some much-needed joy by giving flowers to the hospital staff.
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Sgt. Claudia Aguirre-Cruz came up with the idea to bring flowers to the doctors and nurses at St. Mary’s General Hospital in Passaic.
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Sgt. Aguirre-Cruz says there was too much sadness in Passaic, so this morning’s flower delivery was named “Operation Spread some love."
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Passaic County has nearly 3,800 cases of the coronavirus, and the city of Passaic has a good chunk of them. With only one hospital in the city, you can imagine how stressed the doctors and nurses on the frontlines are.
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