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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe US Navy hospital ship Comfort arrives in New York City:
The US Navy hospital ship Comfort arrives in New York City. The ship will care for people who do not have the coronavirus. (📸: Mike Segar and Andrew Kelly, Reuters)
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The US Navy hospital ship Comfort arrives in New York City: (Original Post)
demmiblue
Mar 2020
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empedocles
(15,751 posts)1. trump not there, like Norfolk, to grandstand the ship in. Cuomo turf.
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)2. More likely because there is a Pandemic of CoronaVirus in NY
And he's skeered.
spanone
(135,795 posts)3. not much social distancing in the last pic....
old guy
(3,283 posts)4. They made sure to get the Statue of Liberty in every shot.
Nothing like a little nationalism with your coffee.
Amishman
(5,554 posts)5. when I see pictures of the ship, i being surprised as my mind keeps thinking of something grander
I think I read the Lost Liners book on Bob Ballard's underwater explorations too many times and I keep expecting it to look the the Britannic did in hospital ship trim.
Marrah_Goodman
(1,586 posts)6. A giant thank you to the heroic men and women on the USS Comfort.
Thank you Navy