Nurses at Henry Ford wear superhero outfits while fighting COVID-19

Front line workers perform heroic acts every day. 

And so Erin Cavanagh, a clinical coordinator with Henry Ford Health's main campus and a registered nurse, thought what better way to show their strength than with superhero costumes.

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Henry Ford nurses don superhero shirts during COVID-19 pandemic

We talk with Erin Cavanagh, a clinical coordinator with Henry Ford Health's main campus, who helped rally the nurses together to show off their superhero strength.

"Once the Covid situation started happening and it was really, really difficult, I guess I kind of felt a little powerless of what was going on with the situation. I just started to say, 'You know I gotta turn this around,'" she said.

"We were all sitting together and sharing how we were family, and everybody was from a different background internationally. We said this is my sister from this country, this is my sister from this country, and I said we should all just wear the same Superman shirts."

Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and many others have made an appearance.

"I had another group I purchased Wonder Woman shirts, and that was a group of technicians I work with. And then from there, I thought, well we got to mix it up a bit, showering people with Captain America, somebody wanted Flash. I figured it would start to become a competitive thing, where people wanted to own their own character."

The outfits help boost morale while continue to save lives.