New Yorkers across the city paid tribute to medical staffers and essential workers on Friday by applauding in unison through their windows...
New Yorkers across the city paid tribute to medical staffers and essential workers on Friday by applauding in unison through their windows and balconies amid a rising coronavirus death toll.
The citywide tribute came about as word spread on social media on Friday urging residents to collectively applaud for healthcare workers at 7pm.
In neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs, people in apartments cheered and clapped.
Some even banged on pots and pans and yelled 'You're saving lives.'
One video posted to Twitter shows locals in the West Village section of Manhattan ascend to their rooftops and applaud.
A few blocks away from Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, where healthcare professionals bravely battle the pandemic, residents of several apartment blocks in Jackson Heights gave a two-minute standing ovation.
New Yorkers across the city paid tribute to medical staffers and essential workers on Friday by applauding in unison through their windows and balconies amid a rising coronavirus death toll
People shared the heartwarming moment on social media Friday
The citywide tribute came about as word spread on social media on Friday urging residents to collectively applaud for healthcare workers at 7pm
Similar tributes were seen and heard along Long Island City, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and other parts of New York.
The initiative was first started by Karla Otto, an international public relations agency.
Karla Otto started the trending campaign on social media using the hashtag #ClapBecauseWeCare.
The campaign asked citizens to give doctors, nurses, grocery store workers, truck drivers, sanitation workers, mail delivery people, and other essential employees a two-minute ovation.
The moving tribute came as New York state's coronavirus death toll reached 603, an increase of 134 in just one day.
There are now more than 44,000 cases of infection in the state of New York. Currently, 6,481 people are hospitalized and 1,583 people are in ICU beds.
In New York City, 365 people had died from the virus by Thursday afternoon - an increase of 177 people in a day.
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