The New England Patriots and owner Robert Kraft accomplished an unprecedented mission to buy, donate, and deliver much needed N95 masks to hospitals in Massachusetts and New York this past week.
Kraft had 1.2 million N95 masks flown into Boston from China to help replenish the inventory of PPE (personal protective equipment) at hospitals in Massachusetts.
300,000 of those masks will also provide aid in New York city and state.
According to ESPN, The Kraft family paid $2 million, about half the cost, to acquire the masks.
The initial order was for 1.