Emergency Crews Sing 'Happy Birthday' to Dr. Fauci in Bethesda, Maryland

Emergency crew members celebrated Dr. Anthony Fauci’s birthday a day early in Bethesda, Maryland, on December 23, surprising the doctor as he was leaving the NIH Clinical Center.

Footage uploaded to Facebook shows a group holding signs and singing happy birthday to Dr. Fauci.

“Yesterday evening, crews from the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad, along with the National Institutes of Health Fire Department, stopped by the NIH campus to wish Dr. Fauci a happy birthday as he left work,” wrote the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad on Facebook.

“Thank you to all of our neighbors at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) for your support of the Rescue Squad and for everything you’re doing to fight COVID-19.”

Dr. Fauci turned 80 years old on December 24. Credit: Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad via Storyful