{"id":11609,"date":"2020-05-15T18:34:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T18:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11609"},"modified":"2020-05-15T18:37:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T18:37:41","slug":"law-enforcement-agencies-express-solidarity-during-national-nurses-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11609","title":{"rendered":"Law enforcement agencies express solidarity during National Nurses Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Nurses-week-photo-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Nurses-week-photo-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Nurses-week-photo-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Nurses-week-photo-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Nurses-week-photo-2.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>VBMC nurses said it was great to see such a show of support. <\/em><\/strong>Photo: Tony Vindell \/ LFN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By TONY VINDELL<br><\/strong>LFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law enforcement agencies from throughout Cameron County recently gave a show of solidarity to all the nurses and other health care workers at Valley Regional and Valley Baptist Medical Centers in Brownsville and Harlingen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They drove in about 40 patrol units around the hospitals the morning of May 6, as hospital employees waved and took pictures as they passed by.<br>Police departments from several Cameron County municipalities, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Sheriff\u2019s Office and Texas Department of Public Safety participated in the parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They paid tribute to the health care workers whose jobs during this current pandemic have been pivotal and to coincide with National Nurses Week, which began May 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Jane Lopez and Janie Alaniz, who both work at VBMC in Brownsville, said it was exciting to see the outpour of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is scary,\u201d Alaniz said. \u201cI have never lived through a pandemic and it\u2019s great to see this kind of unity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lopez, a Los Fresnos resident, said everybody from housekeeping to nurses and doctors are doing their best during such a difficult time that people are going through today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cesar Pedraza, deputy chief with the Brownsville Fire Department, they were glad to participate in the show of solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They hung a huge U.S. flag from the ladder of a fire truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are all doing their best trying to help everybody impacted by this pandemic,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are all paying tribute to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Nurses-week-photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Nurses-week-photo-1.jpg 980w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Nurses-week-photo-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Nurses-week-photo-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Law enforcement agencies in their units in front of VBMC in Brownsville.<\/em><\/strong> Photo: Tony Vindell \/ LFN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By TONY VINDELLLFN Law enforcement agencies from throughout Cameron County recently gave a show of solidarity to all the nurses and other health care workers at Valley Regional and Valley Baptist Medical Centers in Brownsville and Harlingen. 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