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Michigan Nurse Leads Beautiful A Capella ‘Amazing Grace’ During Hospital Shift Change

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By Tré Goins-Phillips
Editor

April 9, 2020

There’s something calming about hymns when you’re in the middle of a particularly trying time. That’s definitely been the case during the coronavirus pandemic.

One nurse from St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia, Michigan, led her fellow nurses in an a cappella rendition of “Amazing Grace” as one shift ended and the next began.

Amazing Grace

One of our remarkable nurses, Lori Marie Key, from St. Mary Mercy Livonia, led her fellow nurses in the song "Amazing Grace" as one shift ended and a new shift began. Thank you, Lori, for your beautiful initiative to raise your fellow colleagues' spirits as you fight tirelessly on the front lines of COVID-19. #YouAreRemarkable

Posted by Saint Joseph Mercy Health System on Friday, April 3, 2020

In a Facebook post, the hospital system thanked nurse Lori Marie Key for singing the beloved hymn.

“Thank you, Lori, for your beautiful initiative to raise your fellow colleagues’ spirits as you fight tirelessly on the front lines of COVID-19,” read a statement from the hospital system.

Key isn’t the only one finding comfort in “Amazing Grace.”

A group of nurses from the Ochsner LSU Health Feist-Weiller Cancer Center in Louisiana harmonized with each other as they sang the hymn during their work day.

A spokesperson for Ochsner told The Advocate the nurses “felt inspired to do something” and organized the song on their own.

While the cancer center nurses might not deal directly with COVID-19 patients, they wanted to show “peace, love and support to other front line staff” who are fighting the coronavirus.

And police officers in Newport News, Virginia, stopped by the Riverside Regional Medical Center, where they surprised staff with a round of applause and Lt. Hairston sang “Amazing Grace.”

Heroes saluting heroes. In three words – three powerful words – that’s what happened on the evening of Wednesday, April…

Posted by Riverside on Wednesday, April 8, 2020

After Hairston finished singing, Chief Drew, Chief Johnson, and Sheriff Morgan saluted the nursing staff for their heroic work in fighting COVID-19.

Here’s to all the heroes on the front lines combatting this virus.

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