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Bob Kraft lends Patriots Team plane to bring medical supplies to Boston from China
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:05 pm
What a great gesture this was.
Wall Street Journal: A Million N95 Masks Are Coming From China—on Board the New England Patriots’ Plane
Wall Street Journal: A Million N95 Masks Are Coming From China—on Board the New England Patriots’ Plane
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The Massachusetts governor struck a deal for N95 masks from China, but he needed a way to transport them. The New England Patriots plane ended up making the delivery.
The plane was permitted to be on the ground in China for a maximum of three hours, people familiar with the matter said, and the crew was required to stay on the plane while a ground crew loaded the cargo. It took 2 hours and 57 minutes. On Thursday, that plane landed somewhere more familiar: Boston Logan International Airport.
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The effort began with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, who was concerned about the state’s mask supply and, two weeks ago, believed he had struck a deal to acquire more than a million of them from a collection of Chinese manufacturers. But officials had to figure out how to get them shipped out of China at a time when unusual cargo shipments out of the country can be especially tricky.
“I just have to get them here,” he told a longtime friend.
That longtime friend was Jonathan Kraft, Robert Kraft’s son, who holds two jobs that became highly relevant to the proceedings. Jonathan Kraft is the chairman of the board at Massachusetts General Hospital, one of the country’s most renowned facilities. He’s also the Patriots’ president, and the team had something it thought might be of help: a giant airplane.
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There were tough questions to resolve. Robert and Jonathan Kraft first had to check if the plane was ready and able to make such a lengthy journey on such short notice. There was also the fact that the team’s Boeing 767 is a passenger plane built to carry Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, not massive stores of cargo.
Then, most critically, they had to secure permission to land in China—a delicate feat during this global pandemic. Even if they received the proper permits, they were worried the pilots would be required by China to quarantine for 14 days before returning.
The primary issue was the simplest: getting the right to land the 767. Gov. Baker, the U.S. State Department, Robert Kraft and others sent letters to China’s consul general in New York requesting the special permits. The letters, dated March 24 to 30, ask for waivers to allow the humanitarian mission and state that no member of the crew would leave the aircraft.
By last Friday night, the crew had moved to Wilmington, Ohio, because the plane needed an avionics upgrade for the international trip. The mission received waivers from China to land and do so without quarantining—nobody would be on board besides the necessary flight crew—but they were told the crew still needed visas. So the entire group scrambled to a local pharmacy and took pictures for the application. The pictures were flown to New York to be taken to the Chinese consulate, and then flown back to Ohio. Huang Ping, China’s consul general in New York, proved to be a major ally in the effort to get the rush jobs done, including by opening the consulate over the weekend to get the visas processed in time, people familiar with the matter said.
Next, the plane headed to Alaska. The only breaks the crew took from then on were for mandatory rest and downtime. As a precaution, the crew included maintenance people and spare parts so they could solve any potential issues in China without people on the ground.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:07 pm to Sentrius
that's how you lend a helping hand. glad to see this story had a happy ending. really tugs at the heart strings.
There, it's out of the way. fricking awesome gesture
There, it's out of the way. fricking awesome gesture
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:08 pm to TT9
Asians can be handy when they team up with kraft
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:10 pm to Sentrius
Jemele Hill says this is racist
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:16 pm to NawlinsTiger9
It's not the same plane but I think this is what the passenger cabin looked like full of cargo.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:16 pm to Bunk Moreland
She's a frickin goon.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:19 pm to Bunk Moreland
I did even enjoy some liberals calling Hill out.
She is the worst of the worst.
She is the worst of the worst.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:26 pm to Bunk Moreland
What a miserable cunnt
A disgusting human being.
I didn’t vote for trump in 16 but people like her make me excited to vote for Trump in 20
A disgusting human being.
I didn’t vote for trump in 16 but people like her make me excited to vote for Trump in 20
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:38 pm to Sentrius
What a sad state we're in when elderly have to give up on life to help save the life of the younger, because we lack sufficient supplies.
What a sad state we're in when football owners have to order supplies from China and fly them in on their personal plane, instead of the government taking care of it's people.
What a sad state we're in when football owners have to order supplies from China and fly them in on their personal plane, instead of the government taking care of it's people.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:55 pm to JBeam
Shut up
Just shut up
People see through your bullshite
Scumbag
Just shut up
People see through your bullshite
Scumbag
Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:57 pm to JBeam
Yeah I applaud Kraft for doing this but it’s also bizarre that he even needs to.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 11:00 pm to Walt OReilly
Get fricked you rube.
It's pretty honorable that Kraft is doing this. On the other hand, it's pretty ridiculous that he's having to do this because the national stockpile is depleted.
Furthermore, I hope this is a legitimate supply of medical supplies and not one of china's geopolitical games that they've been playing with other supplies that countries need.
China sells $467M of supplies to Spain.
It's pretty honorable that Kraft is doing this. On the other hand, it's pretty ridiculous that he's having to do this because the national stockpile is depleted.
Furthermore, I hope this is a legitimate supply of medical supplies and not one of china's geopolitical games that they've been playing with other supplies that countries need.
China sells $467M of supplies to Spain.
This post was edited on 4/2/20 at 11:05 pm
Posted on 4/2/20 at 11:05 pm to Eighteen
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Jemele Hill says this is racist
Mental illness
Posted on 4/2/20 at 11:07 pm to JBeam
Blame your boy Obama and Bush for selling out to China
You’re a terrible American. Always blaming the white man.
You’re a terrible American. Always blaming the white man.
Posted on 4/2/20 at 11:08 pm to JBeam
quote:
It's pretty honorable that Kraft is doing this
you don’t give a shite about that
You’re a scumbag
Posted on 4/2/20 at 11:29 pm to JBeam
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Furthermore, I hope this is a legitimate supply of medical supplies and not one of china's geopolitical games that they've been playing with other supplies that countries need.
China sells $467M of supplies to Spain.
Yeah one of the things that should be clear is that it should eliminate whatever little political capital the failed 40 year experiment of sending so much of our manufacturing and companies to China has right now.
So much of our supply chains in China is one of the biggest national security threats facing America right now.
But until we can ramp up domestic production and remove enough of our supply chain from China, we're stuck with them.
Hence the good gesture Bob Kraft just made.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 12:40 am to Sentrius
The tail reminds me of the battle flag.
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