The New England Patriots owner, a year ago Wednesday, sent one of the team planes to China at the start of COVID-19 pandemic to transport N95 face masks for medical and emergency workers on the front lines in Massachusetts at the request of Gov. Charlie Baker.
Then in January, Kraft offered up Gillette Stadium, which opened up as the Commonwealth’s first mass vaccination site.
Surely, a man as charitable as Kraft didn’t do these good deeds for the publicity, but he does hope he made his late wife Myra proud.
“A year ago today we sent our Patriots team plane to China to try to expedite the delivery of 1,200,000 respirator masks,” Kraft told reporters during a conference call Wednesday, per the team.