When the coronavirus pandemic hit New York City, a nurse in Virginia knew she had to do something to help.
Rachel Hartley, 26, quit her job as a nurse in less hard hit Virginia and then jumped in her boat, sailing about 260 nautical miles from her home in Lynchburg up north to the Big Apple with her husband.
Now, for four 12 hour overnight shifts a week, she works as an ICU nurse at NYU Langone in Brooklyn.
The community hasn't only been grateful, but helpful, providing her food and allowing her to dock her boat at a Brooklyn Heights marina for free, saving the couple at least $10,000 a month.
Hartley and her husband have been living on the boat, appropriately named "Turning Point," since arriving in the city around Easter weekend.
"I'm leaving behind a comfortable life, so to say, to come here, but it's still worth it," she tells WCBS 880's Kristie Keleshian. "It's extremely rewarding and I know this is where I need to be."