© Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com/Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Thirteen nurses, going to Henry Ford Hospital in Michigan to battle COVID-19, prepare for a sendoff at Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital.

AVON, Ohio-- Thirteen nurses from the Cleveland Clinic were given a hero’s send-off before leaving for Michigan on Wednesday afternoon to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.

The nurses, all of whom volunteered, will be gone for one month as they help coronavirus patients at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital.

© Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com/Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Meg Dalton, a Cleveland Clinic RN, hugs her fiance Michael Leone before leaving for Henry Ford Hospital in Michigan to battle COVID-19.

It was an emotional goodbye for 15-year-old Sophia Cox, who gave a final hug to her mother, Erin Miller, an RN for the Cleveland Clinic’s Union Hospital in Dover, before they parted ways.

Miller wiped a tear from her daughter’s mask-covered face before reminding her she would be back soon.

Meg Dalton, a Cleveland Clinic RN, saw family members outside the building with signs. That prompted her to place her hands against the window in the shape of a heart. She then turned and hugged her fianc 1/4 u00e9, Michael Leone, goodbye and they kissed through mask-covered faces.

© Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com/Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Thirteen nurses, going to Henry Ford Hospital in Michigan to battle COVID-19, prepare for a sendoff at Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital.

The Cleveland Clinic already has 25 nurses in New York, helping at New York-Presbyterian Hospital for one month.

© Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com/Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Meg Dalton, a Cleveland Clinic RN, waves to family before leaving for Henry Ford Hospital in Michigan to battle COVID-19.

Detroit, which has been hard hit by the coronavirus, requested help from available caregivers.

The nurses will live in hotels for the four weeks and their expenses are all paid.

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