Washington National Cathedral finds 5,000 masks in crypt, donates to hospitals for coronavirus cases

The Washington National Cathedral says a stone mason found 5,000 medical masks in a crypt Wednesday after forgetting about the load for more than a decade.

The Washington National Cathedral discovered 5,000 masks in its crypt on Wednesday amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The Washington National Cathedral is donating 5,000 respirator masks to two hospitals in the Washington, D.C.-area to combat the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Boxes of N95 respiratory masks are brought out of Washington National Cathedral to be donated to two Washington hospitals on March 25, 2020. Photo by Danielle E. Thomas/Washington National Cathedral

Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday donated 5,000 respirator masks found in storage to two D.C. hospitals to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. The cathedral said it sent 3,000 masks to...

The cathedral donated 5,000 respirator masks to two Washington, D.C., hospitals after someone recently found the masks on the crypt level of the historic church, they announced Wednesday....

Washington National Cathedral donates 5,000 masks to DC-area hospitals Rev. Canon Leonard Hamlin, Sr. on donating stockpiled masks to hospitals in need of medical supplies during the coronavirus...

WASHINGTON – Washington National Cathedral is donating 5,000 respirator masks to two hospitals in Washington, D.C. – Georgetown University Hospital and Children’s National Hospital – to help combat the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The announcement comes as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies, with cases identified in Washington, and reflects the Cathedral’s role as “a house of prayer for all people, conceived by our founders to serve as a great church for national purposes.”