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Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted his gratitude to Tesla’s Elon Musk for pledging to donate hundreds of ventilators needed to save New York’s coronavirus patients.

“I spoke with @elonmusk late last night,” de Blasio tweeted Friday morning. “He’s donating hundreds of ventilators to New York City and State, including our public hospitals. We’re deeply grateful. We need every ventilator we can get our hands on these next few weeks to save lives.”

The agreement comes over a week after de Blasio first asked Musk for help, also on Twitter.

On March 19, the tech pioneer tweeted, “We will make ventilators if there is a shortage,” prompting the mayor to reply, “New York City is buying!”

“Our country is facing a drastic shortage and we need ventilators ASAP — we will need thousands in this city over the next few weeks,” Hizzoner stressed.

“We’re getting them as fast as we can but we could use your help! We’re reaching out to you directly,” the mayor said.

The billionaire inventor replied, “Sounds good, we will connect with your team to understand potential needs.”