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  • last time we showed you unsettling pictures of nurses in the New York City hospital wearing garbage bags because of what they call the lack of protective clothing.

  • Hospital and government officials said that was not the case.

  • But now one of their colleagues is stepping forward to confirm their story, saying she's risking her job in doing so.

  • This distraught nurse says she's putting her job on the line, speaking out today in support of three colleagues photographed wearing garbage bags.

  • Ah, picture that sent shock waves across the U.

  • S.

  • A.

  • There are nurses in the hospital that are struggling and crying and running crazy.

  • Diana Torres, a nurse at Mount Sinai West, the Manhattan hospital where the photo was taken, is speaking out to Inside Edition today after Governor Andrew Cuomo questioned the photos.

  • Legitimacy.

  • We have enough P, P e.

  • And the New York City officials say they have enough p p e for the New York City hospitals, maybe is put away.

  • But is everybody getting what they need to be protected and pretend the rest of the staff and the other patients?

  • No, that's not what happened.

  • Are you risking your job to speak out about this?

  • Absolutely.

  • I have nothing to lose but my life.

  • And I don't know Later on, who's gonna be the next victim?

  • So what do I care about a job?

  • If I don't know, I'm even gonna make it.

  • The hospital has set up this huge tent on the street as an overflow unit for Corona virus patients.

  • For the nurses who work here, it's a daily struggle to save lives and stay safe themselves.

  • A senior nurse at Mount Sinai, West Chi is Kelly died from Corona virus.

  • I spoke to his sister Mariah Sharon.

  • I believe this could have been prevented.

  • I believe that his hot his hospital was not prepared for this or equipped.

  • In a statement to Inside Edition, Mount Sinai says we always provide all our stuff with the critically important personal protective equipment they need to safely do their job.

  • I isolated myself from my family.

  • I haven't seen my kids.

  • I CNN's little face time.

  • We talk on the phone.

  • I can't touch my king kids.

  • Ah, heartbreaking story.

last time we showed you unsettling pictures of nurses in the New York City hospital wearing garbage bags because of what they call the lack of protective clothing.

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