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A paddle out in the Santa Barbara Harbor payed tribute to those that have lost their lives to COVID-19.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. A group of local nurses organized a paddle out to grieve the many lives lost to COVID-19 Saturday afternoon in the Santa Barbara Harbor.
Nichol Clark is a nurse at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
“We were able to look at each other and see that we all share memories of a certain special person,” she said. “We also share the hardships of these times.
Clark has been battling this deadly virus for over a year while caring for those ailing in isolation.