august, a tyco -- cyclone comes. hale heard a terrible, devastating storm hit the city. dr. mayo and his sons were in charge of helping the survivors. they needed nurses. most women had families to look at. when seeking help, dr. mayo went down the street to the academy of our lady of lorde, founded by the franciscan sisters. the mother superior center sisters to be his nurses. they worked in a dance hall in various makeshift facilities. not long after the disaster, what we see here in this tableau, his mother alfred, came to doctor mail with the true vision. she said we, the franciscan's, will build a hospital for the city, if you and your sons will staff. it doctor male resisted. hospitals were expensive, risky. he was elderly, small town, we cannot do this. mother alfred persisted. she said with our faith, hope and energy, it will succeed. so they shook hands, doctor mail and mother alfred. no legal contract. it was a bond of trust. from, that st. mary's hospital opened in 1889. if you think about, it in this tableau, men and women did not work together as professional co