TULSA, Okla. — As the 138th Fighter Wing flew over a dozen Green Country cities thanking medical workers, one group of nurses at Saint Francis wanted to send a thank you back. They did so by crafting a giant mural the pilots overhead couldn't miss.
Amberly Wright is a Seven Tower nurse at Saint Francis, who had never seen a flyover in person before Thursday. Her first was in her honor.
“I can’t even believe it," Wright said. "When I heard, I felt like crying a little, because it was just amazing. And I was just thinking we should do something for them too because it’s a big deal to be honored like that.”
To thank the military for their support, Wright and eight others took to the top of their parking lot, and drew a chalk mural that spanned seven parking spaces. For them, the day felt like Fourth of July came early.
The mural atop took three dusty hours to finish, using dozens of packs of chalk donated by friends, family, and neighbors.
"It means so much to all of us, it really does," Eric Martin said. "It’s a huge thing to have a flyover, usually that only happens at the Super Bowl and things like that, and to have a flyover over all the hospitals in the area, our hearts are full.”
Martin says the team wanted to send a message of thanks, and of unity. He says he wants to support and honor the other healthcare workers, as well as the military overhead.
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