A nurse at Wake Med Hospital in Raleigh of a book of photographs of what a photographer saw during the pandemic in Paris and New York.
THEIR RESOLUTIONS FOR 2021. >>> A NURSE FROM RALEIGH GRACES THE COVER OF A BOOK SOLD WORLDWIDE THAT TELLS THE HUMAN FACE OF COVID-19. AS SCOTT MASON SHOWS US, IN MANY WAYS, THE COVER SAYS IT ALL. >> I CAN FEEL THE EMOTIONS. I KNOW WHAT I FELT. BUT I LOOK AND I'M LIKE MAN, I LOOK SO OLD. >> Reporter: ERICAS I REGISTERED NURSE FROM RALEIGH, ORIGINALLY FROM BRAZILL WHO TRAVELED TO NEW YORK CITY TO HELP DURING THE FIRST MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC. >> I WOULD RIDE THE SUBWAYS TO GO TO WORK AND YOU ARE WEARING SCRUBS, YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE CLAP TO YOU IN THE SUBWAY. AND THEY CLAP TO YOU AND SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. >> Reporter: SHE DID SEE DEATH BUT ALSO EXPERIENCED HOPE. >> OVER THE INTERCOM, THEY PLAY HERE COMES THE SUN, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WHAT IS THAT IN THEY WOULD PLAY THAT ALL OVER THE HOSPITAL EVERY TIME A COVID PATIENT GOT DISCHARGED. >> Reporter: THE HOSPITAL BEGAN PLAYING THE SONG MORE AND MORE. >> LIKE HEY, IT IS ANOTHER PERSON GOING HOME. >> Reporter: AND THEN CAME THE DAY OF THIS PICTURE OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL WITH A MAN PLAYING MUSIC. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE AS A RESULTED SING AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. I WAS LIKE OH, MY GOSH, THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL SO I STARTED CRYING. >> Reporter: PHOTOGRAPHER PETER TURNLY WAS ALSO THERE. >> AS I LOOKED AT HER, I SAW HER PUT HER HAND OVER HER HEART AS SHE LISTENED TO THIS SONG AND I SAW TEARS IN HER EYES AND WHAT STRUCK ME AFTER I MADE THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS THAT I FEEL THAT ERICA'S TEARS ARE OUR TEARS. SHE CRIED FOR ALL OF US THAT DAY. >> I WAS LIKE WIPING MY TEARS AND I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY MY MASK SLID DOWN. I HAVE FEELING WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS ABOUT. >> Reporter: THE BOOK IS A NEW YORK-PARIS VISUAL DRIERY, THE HUMAN FACE OF COVID-19. >> WHAT HAS STRUCK ME HAS BEEN THE NEED THAT WE ALL HAVE WORLDWIDE TO IDENTIFY WITH EACH OTHER. EVERY ONE ON THISSERING IS MY BROTHER AND SISTER AND THE WITH THAT KIND OF LOVE IF EACH OTHER AND THE RECOGNITION OF THE BEAUTY OF OUR DIVERSITY THAT WE CAN GO FORWARD. >> IT IS NOT CRYING TO WHAT IS GOING ON BUT THE OPPOSITE OF BEING GRATEFUL AND SAYING YOU KNOW WHAT? WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER AN WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT IT WAS AND THAT IS AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. >> THAT IS AMAZING. TODAY, ERICA WORK AT BOTH WAKE METE AND ALLERY YIA AND AT A HOSPITAL IN GREENS BAROMETER
