Nurse on crusade to vaccinate community after husband's death surprised on 'The View'

During National Nurses Week on "The View," nurse Carla Brown shares her mission to get as many people vaccinated as she can after losing her husband to COVID-19.

Nurse Carla Brown went beyond her call of duty during the coronavirus pandemic to help vaccinate her community. Now, Brown is sharing her story with "The View." The Baton Rouge, Louisiana, nurse wants to help the elderly, homebound and those who don't have access to a site close by get a COVID vaccine. As of Wednesday, Carla and her COVID Crusaders have administered 750 vaccinations since starting their mission in March. Brown's mission of goodwill comes from a very personal place. While working as a hospital psychiatric nurse in May 2020, Brown unknowingly contracted COVID-19. She ended up passing the virus to several family members, including her husband David, a two-time cancer survivor. "I couldn't be with him. He was in that hospital by himself and I couldn't be there to hold his hand," Brown said.