Oregon National Guard Ships Ventilators to New York

Oregon Army National Guard soldiers, along with staff from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST), loaded 140 Oregon ventilators for shipment to New York on April 6.

The footage filmed by Sgt. 1st Class Zachary Holden for the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, shows DPSST staff loading box shipments into shipping containers.

Speaking of the move, Oregon Governor Kate Brown wrote on Twitter on April 4: “New York needs more ventilators and we are answering their call for help.” Meanwhile, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has thanked Oregon for their shipment saying that New York “will repay the favor when Oregon needs it."

On April 3, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that New York, which entered the crisis with around 3,500 ventilators, would run out of the machines during the week. Credit: US Defense Department via Storyful