After a Saturday send-off in Norfolk where President Trump called the USNS Comfort a “70,000-ton message of hope”, the naval hospital ship has arrived in New York City.
This great ship behind me is a 70,000-ton message of hope and solidarity to the incredible people of New York where they will join the ranks of tens of thousands of amazing doctors, nurses, and medical professionals who are battling to save American lives. We will stop at nothing to protect the people of our country in their hour of need.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 30, 2020
CBS New York reporter Kevin Rincon said that he could “hear cheering from Jersey City” as it passed by the World Trade Center on the Hudson River.
USNS Comfort has arrived in NYC. It’s passing World Trade Center right now on the Hudson River. I can hear cheering from Jersey City.
USNS Comfort has arrived in NYC. It’s passing World Trade Center right now on the Hudson River. I can hear cheering from Jersey City. pic.twitter.com/a7kTK2dmQh
— Kevin Rincon (@KevRincon) March 30, 2020
The City of New York Twitter page tweeted pictures along with a message that “New Yorkers welcome the USNS Comfort to our city.”
New Yorkers welcome the USNS Comfort to our city. pic.twitter.com/Xsl9TyjPKw
— City of New York (@nycgov) March 30, 2020
ABC News reports that “the ship is equipped with 1,000 patient beds, 12 operating rooms, eight intensive care unit beds, and up to 1,200 Navy medical and communications personnel.”
The USNS Comfort, loaned to the coronavirus fight, enters the New York Harbor. The ship is equipped with 1,000 patient beds, 12 operating rooms, eight intensive care unit beds, and up to 1,200 Navy medical and communications personnel.
The USNS Comfort, loaned to the coronavirus fight, enters the New York Harbor. The ship is equipped with 1,000 patient beds, 12 operating rooms, eight intensive care unit beds, and up to 1,200 Navy medical and communications personnel. https://t.co/CudgPx23kK pic.twitter.com/25mnsOvFx0
— ABC News (@ABC) March 30, 2020
The arrival of this ship along with news that the FDA has approved off-label use of a potential treatment should bring hope to the area of the country that has been hardest hit by the Coronavirus.
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