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State trooper gave his N95 masks to doctor he pulled over:
"Minnesota trooper's roadside gesture during traffic stop brings doctor to tears
Doctor was ready to take her medicine for speeding. But instead of a ticket, trooper gave her his N95 masks."
A state trooper pulled over a doctor for speeding on an east-central Minnesota interstate, told her she should know better and sent her on her way grateful for receiving only a warning and not a ticket.
The trooper also gave her a fistful of coveted N95 medical masks that were issued for his protection from the deadly and relentless coronavirus that has swept the globe.
"I burst into tears," Dr. Sarosh Ashraf Janjua, a Boston native and cardiologist, wrote in a detailed Facebook account of the traffic stop on March 21 along Interstate 35 in North Branch as she traveled from work in Duluth for time off in Minneapolis. "I think he teared up a little as well before wishing me well and walking away."
Janjua also saw the masks handed to her as having value beyond their role in stemming the virus' spread.
"This complete stranger, who owed me nothing and is more on the front lines than I am, shared his precious masks with me, without my even asking," she wrote. "The veil of civilization may be thin, but not all that lies behind it is savage. We are going to be OK."
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Doctor was ready to take her medicine for speeding. But instead of a ticket, trooper gave her his N95 masks."
A state trooper pulled over a doctor for speeding on an east-central Minnesota interstate, told her she should know better and sent her on her way grateful for receiving only a warning and not a ticket.
The trooper also gave her a fistful of coveted N95 medical masks that were issued for his protection from the deadly and relentless coronavirus that has swept the globe.
"I burst into tears," Dr. Sarosh Ashraf Janjua, a Boston native and cardiologist, wrote in a detailed Facebook account of the traffic stop on March 21 along Interstate 35 in North Branch as she traveled from work in Duluth for time off in Minneapolis. "I think he teared up a little as well before wishing me well and walking away."
Janjua also saw the masks handed to her as having value beyond their role in stemming the virus' spread.
"This complete stranger, who owed me nothing and is more on the front lines than I am, shared his precious masks with me, without my even asking," she wrote. "The veil of civilization may be thin, but not all that lies behind it is savage. We are going to be OK."
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https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-trooper-s-roadside-gesture-during-traffic-stop-brings-doctor-to-tears/569200342/
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