If you didn't know what was happening, you might have thought Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center was on fire Saturday night.

Police, fire and EMS vehicles converged on the hospital in Plainsboro Saturday evening with sirens blaring. Hospital staffers were outside, awaiting them, like the fire alarm was going off.

It was no emergency, but the latest salute to hospital employees fighting the coronavirus, which has infected and killed thousands of New Jerseyans.

The salutes are occurring all over the state, and the latest - organized by the Plainsboro Fire Department - also brought people dressed as super heroes, who joined first responders in handing out pizza to the employees.

"I'm smiling under this mask!," Anna Cancel, a patient care tech in the hospital's emergency department said.

"I was surprised [at the outpouring of support]. I really was surprised. Even though it's a scary situation, we're all just giving our best," she said.

- Photos and video by Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media.

Scroll to the bottom for the fire department's video of the event.

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Anna Cancel, right with tumbs up, poses with coworkers.

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Staffers who did not get outside still saw the appreciation.

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Registered nurses Elaina Volpe, left, and Amanda Cucarese, have some fun posing on a West Windsor Police Department motorcycle.

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Staffer Peggy Baldwin carries pizza on her way into work.

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Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center President and CEO Barry Rabner, above.

"This is something else isn't it? Mind blowing. For me, what's most extraordinary is that over the weeks we've gotten hundreds and hundreds of letters and expressions of appreciation from people all over the area," he said.

"But having people who put their lives on the line every day to thank the people who work here, for doing what they're doing, is particularly moving."

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To everyone sacrificing so much to save so many, thank you… Yesterday we wanted to thank our health care workers at Penn Medicine Princeton Health… By showing them, that even superheroes, have heroes. Thank you to the following departments for joining us in this amazing event: Princeton Tower 60 Princeton Jct Tower 44 Monmouth Jct Tower 20 Montgomery Tower 46 Hightstown Ladder 41 Kendal Park Ladder 22 North Brunswick Tower 2 East Brunswick Tower 709 Monroe Tower 51 East Windsor TW42 East Windsor TS 46 Jamesburg TS 42-J-10 North Brunswick Engine Co 1 Griggstown Rescue-Engine 35 Little Rocky Hill Rescue 41 Rocky Hill Engine 53 Kingston Engine 24 West Windsor Fire Police West Windsor Engine 43 Spotswood Engine 71 Hopewell SS52 NJSP - State Aviation Bureau West Windsor Police Happy Easter!! Posted by Plainsboro Fire Company on Sunday, April 12, 2020

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