Patriots use team plane to help Mass., fly N95 in from China

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By KYLE HIGHTOWER
6 minutes ago

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker found himself in need of an assist to help the state fight the coronavirus pandemic.

He called on the New England Patriots.

The team’s private plane landed in Boston from China on Thursday evening carrying more than a million masks critical to health care providers fighting to control the spread of the virus.. Members of the Massachusetts National Guard met the plane and offloaded the containers of masks onto waiting trucks for transport to warehouses for distribution.

Baker secured the N95 masks from Chinese manufacturers but had no way of getting them to the U.S. He reached out to Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who loaned the Boeing 767 painted in the team’s colors and logo that is usually used to carry the team to and from NFL games.

Associated Press writers Steve LeBlanc and Mark Pratt contributed to this report.

https://apnews.com/aabb2fa0c00555b597720980be1f0b2a

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Word is the Patriots owner was sent some massage therapists in exchange.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Doctors, nurses and orderlies won't care about Kraft's massages when they get masks.

[LizBeth]

2. Warren stood up and spoke out. I do not like Patriots, but good they did what was right, against

Trumps efforts to hurt the people of Mass