SPOKANE, Wash. — A routine renovation project at Sacred Heart Medical Center led to an unexpected discovery when workers found three religious statues hidden inside the walls of the hospital’s engineering shop.
Nathan Aker, an apprentice for the hospital’s engineer shop, was working with the groundskeeping crew when they decided to take down a wall to create more space in the shop. What they found inside surprised everyone.
“As we pulled out the egress wall, there were three crates just sitting right in the middle behind the wall, and they were all enclosed with peanut packing,” Aker said. “Once we started pulling it away, we saw a face and we’re like, oh my gosh,”…