Kiya Tomlin, a clothing designer and wife of Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, is using her talents to help the Pittsburgh community during the coronavirus outbreak.
Tomlin runs a clothing business that focuses on using handmade, environmentally-friendly fabric. Tomlin and her staff haven't been able to work in their Etna-based studio due to the shutdowns, bringing the production of their spring collection to a halt. They've instead been using this time to create protective masks for hospital workers.
"A couple of weeks ago, before Pittsburgh really had any cases, and it was just becoming a known problem, Rachel Maddow had retweeted something from a hospital system in Evansville, Indiana that said they had a shortage of masks and were asking for all home sewers to jump in because they had a shortage of masks," Tomlin told the Steelers' website.