Their year was not like your year. Their job put them at the very center of the most disruptive event in our lifetimes – the COVID-19 pandemic. They are tens of thousands of Arizona nurses, doctors and support staff who risked their lives for their fellow Arizonans. Many not only served our state but left their families to help the sick and dying in other places aflame with the virus. Many served with the Arizona National Guard. At the close of one of the most stressful years in memory, we celebrate those who worked in the COVID-19 wards of hospitals and health clinics across this state.