First responders salute health care workers in Spokane

An array of police, fire department vehicles and ambulances paraded past Providence Sacred Heart, Multicare Deaconess, Holy Family and the Veterans Administration hospitals to thank the medical personnel for their work against the COVID-19 virus. First

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Tue., April 28, 2020

Spokane Police Officer Jim Christensen stops his car and holds a sign expressing his thanks to the staff of Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center who lined up along 8th Avenue through the hospital campus Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at noon to return the sentiment with signs of their own in Spokane, Washington. An array of police, fire department vehicles and ambulances paraded past Providence Sacred Heart, Multicare Deaconess, Holy Family and the Veterans Administration hospitals to thank the medical personnel for their work against the COVID-19 virus.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Hospital staff hold signs expressing their thanks to police, fire and emergency medical personnel who paraded along 8th Avenue through the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center campus Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at noon to offer their thanks to the medical community in Spokane, Washington. An array of police, fire department vehicles and ambulances paraded past Providence Sacred Heart, Multicare Deaconess, Holy Family and the Veterans Administration hospitals to thank the medical personnel for their work against the COVID-19 virus.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Spokane Police Lt. Mark Griffiths stands by his car and holds a sign expressing his thanks to the staff of Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center who lined up along 8th Avenue through the hospital campus Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at noon to return the sentiment with signs of their own in Spokane, Washington. An array of police, fire department vehicles and ambulances paraded past Providence Sacred Heart, Multicare Deaconess, Holy Family and the Veterans Administration hospitals to thank the medical personnel for their work against the COVID-19 virus.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Hospital staff stand and sit outside their buildings as police, fire and emergency medical personnel parade along 8th Avenue through the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center campus Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at noon to offer their thanks to the medical community in Spokane, Washington. An array of police, fire department vehicles and ambulances paraded past Providence Sacred Heart, Multicare Deaconess, Holy Family and the Veterans Administration hospitals to thank the medical personnel for their work against the COVID-19 virus.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Hospital staff hold signs expressing their thanks to police, fire and emergency medical personnel who paraded along 8th Avenue through the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center campus Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at noon to offer their thanks to the medical community in Spokane, Washington. An array of police, fire department vehicles and ambulances paraded past Providence Sacred Heart, Multicare Deaconess, Holy Family and the Veterans Administration hospitals to thank the medical personnel for their work against the COVID-19 virus.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Hospital staff stand outside their buildings as police, fire and emergency medical personnel parade along 8th Avenue through the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center campus Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at noon to offer their thanks to the medical community in Spokane, Washington. An array of police, fire department vehicles and ambulances paraded past Providence Sacred Heart, Multicare Deaconess, Holy Family and the Veterans Administration hospitals to thank the medical personnel for their work against the COVID-19 virus.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Hospital staff stand outside their buildings and watch as police, fire and emergency medical personnel parade along 8th Avenue through the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center campus Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at noon to offer their thanks to the medical community in Spokane, Washington. An array of police, fire department vehicles and ambulances paraded past Providence Sacred Heart, Multicare Deaconess, Holy Family and the Veterans Administration hospitals to thank the medical personnel for their work against the COVID-19 virus.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Spokane Police Lt. Mark Griffiths stands by his car and holds a sign expressing his thanks to the staff of Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center who lined up along 8th Avenue through the hospital campus Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at noon to return the sentiment with signs of their own in Spokane, Washington. An array of police, fire department vehicles and ambulances paraded past Providence Sacred Heart, Multicare Deaconess, Holy Family and the Veterans Administration hospitals to thank the medical personnel for their work against the COVID-19 virus.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Hospital staff stand outside their buildings and wave as police, fire and emergency medical personnel parade along 8th Avenue through the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center campus Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at noon to offer their thanks to the medical community in Spokane, Washington. An array of police, fire department vehicles and ambulances paraded past Providence Sacred Heart, Multicare Deaconess, Holy Family and the Veterans Administration hospitals to thank the medical personnel for their work against the COVID-19 virus.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Law enforcement, fire department and ambulance vehicles drive through the campus of Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center to say thanks to the staff who lined up along 8th Avenue to watch Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at noon to return the sentiment with signs of their own in Spokane, Washington. An array of police, fire department vehicles and ambulances paraded past Providence Sacred Heart, Multicare Deaconess, Holy Family and the Veterans Administration hospitals to thank the medical personnel for their work against the COVID-19 virus.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review