20 heartwarming photos show gratitude for healthcare workers
UC Irvine Medical Center healthcare workers bang on windows in a return of gratitude as they watch first responders in a drive-by parade recognizing their efforts amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Healthcare workers from Glendale to Mission Viejo were honored Tuesday by first responders who drove firetrucks, highway patrol cars and police vehicles in processions of tribute for their efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic. At UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, healthcare workers gathered outside to acknowledge a parade of about 25 emergency vehicles honoring them with sirens and flashing lights. The procession paused outside the windows of an emergency room, where workers inside banged on the windows in a show of mutual appreciation. At Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Orange County sheriff’s deputies honored nurses from the cardiac rehab unit. And a group of Glendale police officers and firefighters gathered to honor the workers at Adventist Health Glendale.
UC Irvine Medical Center
UC Irvine Medical Center workers acknowledge police officers parading in their honor.
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UC Irvine Medical Center workers wave to firefighters.
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An Anaheim firefighter in the procession at UC Irvine Medical Center.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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St. Jude Medical Center
Medical personnel from St. Jude Medical Center stand clustered on the sidewalk as Fullerton and Brea Firefighters, EMS and Police join together in a show of support for healthcare workers outside of the hospital in Fullerton.
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Medical personnel pose for pictures with Fullerton firefighters in a show of support for healthcare workers outside of the St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton.
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Firefighters stand atop a Fullerton Fire Department Engine in a show of support for healthcare workers outside of the St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton.
(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)
Adventist Health Glendale
Adventist Health Glendale workers take a break to acknowledge the tribute in their honor.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Healthcare workers, police officers and firefighters gather outside the Glendale hospital.
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Healthcare workers in Glendale.
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Police officers applaud at the Glendale hospital.
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Providence St. Joseph Medical Center
A vintage Burbank police car leads a procession to honor healthcare workers at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
Healthcare workers wave to friends before the start of a procession to honor nurses during a noon celebration in front of Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
First responders proceed with lights and sirens on Alameda Avenue to honor healthcare workers at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
Mission Hospital
A worker from Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo acknowledges the tribute.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Nurses from the Mission Hospital cardiac rehab unit are honored.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
The scene at the hospital in Mission Viejo.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
A Laguna Beach firetruck alongside a group of healthcare workers.
Los Angeles Times staff photographer Allen J. Schaben is an award-winning journalist capturing a wide range of images over the past 34 years. Before joining The Times, he honed his craft at the Detroit Free Press, Dallas Morning News, Wichita Eagle and Connecticut Post. Schaben earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1993.
Robert Gauthier has been with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. He was the photographer for a project detailing the failings of an L.A. public hospital that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Before The Times, Gauthier worked at the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Escondido Times-Advocate and the Bernardo News in San Diego County, his hometown.
Kent Nishimura is a former staff photographer with the Los Angeles Times, based in Washington, D.C. Born in Taiwan, Nishimura immigrated to the United States, grew up in Hawaii and is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year International, the National Headliner Awards, the White House News Photographers Assn. and the National Press Photographers Assn., among others. He has worked on staff at newspapers across the United States and freelanced for many national and international publications before joining The Times in 2017.
