https://nypost.com/2020/05/01/florida-nurse-volunteering-in-nyc-mugged-in-times-square/
A nurse who flew up from Florida to pitch in at New York City’s overwhelmed hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic was thanked by Gotham’s worst — when she was mugged in a practically abandoned Times Square.
Stacy Coco and her friend, a fellow Florida nurse, had just gotten off their 12-hour overnight shift at Jacobi Medical Center and an hour-long commute on the subway Sunday morning when they were walking through the famed tourist spot.
It was Coco’s first time in the Big Apple. The pair had flown up a week earlier for an eight-week contract with the city and were put up in the Millennium Hotel.
“We heard nurses were getting sick and some were dying. We thought if we came up here, we could help. I know it sounds corny … but when you have that in your heart, that’s what you want to do for people,” Coco said.
It was around 8:30 a.m. She stood awestruck in front of the “Good Morning America” set in Times Square and stopped to snap a photo.
But then, out of nowhere, a thug pushed Coco down and ran off with her cellphone.
“I don’t even know where he came from,” Coco recalled.