Brave Nurse Walks More Than a Mile Through Blizzard to Get t
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A paralyzing blizzard that dumped 4 feet of snow in the New York area didn’t discourage one determined nurse from getting to work. Braving winds of forty miles per hour, Chantelle Diabate, 32, walked more than a mile through waist high snowdrifts to get to work at the Hebrew Home in Riverdale. She was the only nursing home staffer who made it in to work on Saturday. Diabate, who works the 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. night shift, is being hailed as a hero. The Washington Heights resident said calling out sick did cross her mind when she heard public transportation had been canceled due to the blizzard. But she thought about her patients. “We’re like family,” Diabate said. “I’m tired but I decided to work a double shifts. They need me.”
