The New England Patriots' team plane is transporting 1.2 million N95 masks, desperately needed during the coronavirus pandemic, from China to the U.S.
Lunch with Bill Walton is one item in CollectibleXchange’s charity auction to benefit World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.It took a massive effort to get to this point, the WSJ reports. About two weeks ago, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker secured a deal for 1.7 million medical-grade masks but didn’t know how to get them from China to the U.S.
In addition to preparing the passenger plane for such a lengthy journey and large cargo load, permits and visas had to be acquired on extremely short notice. After the arrangements were made, the jet flew to Wilmington, Ohio, then Alaska before landing in Shenzhen, China. “I’ve never seen so much red tape in so many ways and obstacles that we had to overcome,” Robert Kraft told the Journal.
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