At 3:38 a.m. Wednesday morning, the New England Patriots’ team plane departed from an unusual locale: Shenzhen, China. On board the Boeing 767, in the cargo hold that used to be home to Tom Brady’s duffel bags, were 1.2 million N95 masks bound for the U.S.
Video and pictures of the event show workers in masks and full-body suits at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport loading box after box of the scarce and valuable personal protective equipment onto a red, white and blue plane emblazoned with the Patriots logo and “6X...
VirginiaBuckin1 Thank you!
That means a million new cases of ChinaVirus
I wont wear them ,cant trust China!!!
Is this their wheel house? NO, but they sure showed up 3 M !
Probably be crappy like the ones hospitals are getting now. Wouldn’t protect you from a dust bunny.
BretBaier I wouldn't trust those masks,China is our enemy and we had better stop buying from them!!
I hope China hasn't 'tainted' those masks. They are evil. They are our enemies, and they can't be trusted. It's a shame our country has been FOOLS and let so much of our manufacturing industry go to China. We can't even make a simple thing like masks. What a shame!!!
CurtiAntony
StayHomeStayStrong
They should probably test them before distribution.
Hope these masks weren't part of that shipment.
Yep. Private sectors are the only thing currently saving our ass. Federal government just consistently fails... and sends broken ventilators.
What the people sending the supplies look like vs the people receiving them boycott3m coronavirus
u don’t deserve our help, americunts
One way to mobilize resources
No thanks. I don't want anything from China.
Scrolling down to see wa wa wa, what are the whiners donating, nothing😷😂
RWPUSA ddale8 PreetBharara AnneMilgram ASlavitt Can someone explain how these Chinese N95 masks are different from the KN95 masks the FDA has restricted? Are they ok now that it’s a good story?
PatriotsZueira 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
look at all the comments here discrediting Chinese products, I wonder why Patriots even bother? and other organizations send their flights to China, don't they know their people hate these products?
thank u China
Hard pass!
Return it
It truly is amazing when everyone steps up to fight this vivid-19, even the Krafts !!
BretBaier Seems like the action Patriots would take! thankyou PatriotsFight
And jemelehill shit all over Robert Kraft.
We made you sick and now heres.a mask. Thanks for the WuhanCoronavius
Other owners step up please
Do we make anything in the USA?
Thank you mr. Kraft but I have to ask... you do you know why your friend Donald Trump's plane isn't being used for the same purpose?
Better double check them !!
BretBaier It’s great if this is legit aid, but US must take anything from China with a huge grain of salt!
JoeConchaTV China? send them back.
JoeConchaTV Are they safe?
A wonderful example of collaboration for the greater good. Kudos to everyone involved, especially the crew and technicians that made the flight possible. So James Bond!!
BretBaier I hope they're not defective like the ones they sent to Italy and other countries.
BretBaier Go PatsNation
BretBaier Let's hope this stuff isn't tainted with the novel Coronavirus, as the UK found out, and possibly Australia's shipment, too.
BretBaier Wash them twice with bleach and run them through an autoclave before using them.
BretBaier I don’t want anything from China. Especially anything that would go around my nose and mouth.
BretBaier
BretBaier Disgusting that sport teams have to help make up for the lack of competence of the President. What’s next? Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts being used to mass produce masks? Why can’t he enforce the DPA to make N95 and other PPE? Who is he afraid of and why does he want us to die?
BretBaier So, does this mean our football teams will emulate our basketball teams and tow the Chinese propaganda line? Sorry, that’s a high price to pay for masks.
BretBaier French say we stole them from them. Outbid them right on the tarmac
BretBaier Make sure they are not defective like so many other things coming from China being reported
BretBaier
BretBaier It is the least China can do. They’ve a lot of apologizing to do… hopefully money to follow.
BretBaier This at a time when apparently their masks aren't even WORKING!! Retweet this and spread the word!
BretBaier How much
This is outstanding and totally unnecessary if only we had leadership...
Yeah that was a brilliant idea
Trump’s friend Robert Kraft does what good Republicans/Patriots do - lead. Democrats sit on their asses and whine like bitches. Thanks for being a leader not a follower!!!
CHINA REALLY....I guess they still ya e ties to washy washy spots .... makes sense
Number of European governments have rejected Chinese-made equipment designed to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Netherlands recalls 600,000 face masks from China due to low quality.
Not a good feeling about this...
So we're getting masks from a country that started the virus to protect ourselves. Got it.
Another Robert Kraft story with a happy ending. 💁🏻♂️
Bob74068898 Why in the hell would we want ANYTHING from China at this point? SMDH
Glad this as a happy ending.
tnt_cock God bless America. God bless our family and friends there. 🙏🏻❤️🇲🇽🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻
We’re saved
Why were t hff e equipment sent to china in the first plsce whe our government was warned?
Trojan horse
You don’t go to the enemy for help. You don’t go and pay the enemy regardless of what the situation may be out of desperation. Especially after you blame them for the problem. They don’t give a damn about us. Those mask from China is going to kill us all.
Do not let the plane bring those mask to Boston. We blame China for coronavirus remember. China is going to set us up and kill us all with those mask. They’re going to contain the virus!!!
Wow. So much negativity. Regardless of “maybe this” or “probably that”, but at least the Pats tried to DO SOMETHING GOOD.
Those masks No, thanks!
Great work by the Pats. I don't like them, but this is tremendous. Kudos. Did Mr. Kraft get a tug while he was there?
Hope they test those mask when they land. Can’t trust China.
Inflated masks
s_holly18 This is awesome! They are patriots after all. 1 question though... Was TomBrady in t he e cockpit Oh wait😬...too soon?
Thank you Mr. Kraft!
I'm not a Bill Belichek fan, but apparently he has better connections than 45.
Is it another shipment intended for another country that was redirected to USA? Paid cash on the tarmac?
They should be free. This was China's fault.
They won’t work
Are these the masks we sent to China in February?
Lol why?
Chinese masks...no thanks.
Why? The Brady Bill?
On February 7, the World Health Organization sounded alarm bells about 'the limited stock of PPE,' noting demand was 100 times higher than normal for this equipment. Trump sent protective medical gear to China while he minimized the virus threat to US
You should never trust a known enemy when they offer to do a good deed for you. Remember the Trojan Horse? Those masks could be contaminated with something that will cause adverse effects on the wearers.
Trump should be doing this for the country. Incompetent buffoon
Thanks China, we need them here for frontline doctors and nurses. Absolutly not for those keyboard warriors who don’t know how to pick up groceries and suddenly all became experts of mask qualities. What a shame!
If they are masks from China they are most likely unsanitary.
Are those masks infected？
LaraPatriot Nice gesture.....
Watch out CCP's masks and testing kits.
Wonder if any “spa workers” (wink) caught a ride to the US for a little ‘rub & tug’ session with the owner
LaraPatriot oh boy🤪
Great Job Robert Pats
Better do some testing on those...
7X
He's giving them to his players to stop Tom Brady from kissing them on the lips
HannahStormESPN and how many of these are going to work considering the past history of stuff they sold?
Bob Kraft needed a rub n tug.
Great, 1 million masks. Maybe trump should stop the sale of 280 million masks to other countries. That is how many were sold on Monday
At least someone is trying. It’s a sad reality that our front line of defense can’t get the support they need from our federal government.
Admirable but I wouldn’t accept or trust anything from those scumbags in China.
What a point of epic failure that tasks that are carried out by most Governments in other countries are done by a football teams in America.
sportsandra Wonder how many will work?
Great show of Patriotism! Thanks!
I hope they are effective. Not that the Chinese quality is ever in question.....
Great gesture on Patriots part...but I wouldn’t trust anything coming from China given this pandemic most likely started there! It’s best to be “Made In America”
Wow!
Aberdeen, SD is home to the 3M plant that has been making N95 masks . The planes should be going there . They have added workers, more machines and are cranking out masks quickly
davebirkett How many trafficked humans?
No thanks. I wouldn’t put my life in the hands of defective Chinese gear.
So happy to see this!
Dropped off 10 million “Super Bowl LII Champions” shirts for the homeless as an exchange.
Burn them!!! WTF are you doing Patriots
NO!!
Patriots NFL classorganization Bostonstrong NYstrong What about NY
adamfeuerstein CNATI87 hmmmm, don’t see the Bengals doing this
which carry all the CCPVirus_Coronavirus
Quality?
Are these the ones that the Chinese were wiping their feet on and laughing?
Things that must be done when you have a inept government. A disgraceful government.
LucasFoxNews Toss those right in the dumpster.
NFL_Cantadas and the New England Patriots send 50k N95 Masks + a 3rd round pick to the Houston Texans in exchange of DeShaun Watson
LucasFoxNews No quarantining or anything. All heart and NO BRAINS. No one wants masks from CHINA.
Start growing hemp.
Why would anyone take anything from China after this? Especially medical. Use a sock
Paper fan Making in Just 30 seconds woww !!
Pass. Don't want chinese masks. I hear they don't work.
JunksRadio Pats always winning.
COVID19Pandemic coronavirus COVID19 StayHome StayHome COVID ThursdayMotivation Amazing happy love ❤️👋
SpyderDan1985 dustinregpad
👋👋👋👋👋❤️
Talk about good PR!
MikeReiss Proud to be a longtime Patriots season ticket holder
Suddenly made in China is good!
Maybe all of those happy endings are paying off.
Did they order and pick-up? There are reports from other countries saying ‘Americans’ are stepping in and paying multiple times value of cash, to intercept supplies that other countries had ordered.
Great use to fit into the chinese propaganda machine
and he'll give them to trump who will give them to the red states
And three massage 'technicians' (wink) could be seen waving from the windows
And 1 Asian sex slave
Everything china has sent places were broken but yeah get more shit from them. Idiots
Terrible journalists, twisting the truth, frame the most generous and kind people in the world. Terrorists!
Biz
Thank You Robert Kraft! Finally some good news!
Thank you President Robert Kraft
Bob Kraft and his happy endings...
This shit aight👍👍 but they still cheaters🙈
JonLemire US Military has planes. We are bailing out airlines. Why is is the Patriots plane needed? Publicity stunt so Trump can tout “private-public” partnership. Ridiculous.
JonLemire 🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰
Make sure that these are not fake and are up to standard.
and a couple of under-inflated balls
Bob Kraft has always been ready to work with Asians. Perhaps this story will have a happy ending after all.
Yeah not sure if I would really want to wear a mask made where this all started?
Can USA made mask by itself? Why alway China this China that…then get one million and blame China. That's way USA works? Good job so hypocrisy
'NE sends PPE to Atlanta at 3:28 am'
MikeReiss Great story! So much negative news out there but this is the example we all need to follow. Working together to solve big problems and keep people safe is what we all need to be doing.
JonLemire Are they the leftovers from the 18 million ton Trump shipped them in January? Why are you not highlighting this point. Tell the WHOLE story.
Amazing on how some people just go to negative and shift narrative from a good deed to hating Trump. Very sad pathetic human beings
tmprowell 90% are probably defective
China sells products to combat the virus. Create the problem and then sell the solution.
MikeReiss I love all the negative comments, what have you done besides sit at home and stuff your face, keyboard warriors.🙄
JonLemire squidmonkie
probably useless, because 'made in China'.
adamfeuerstein I thought America became the king of manufacturing again. Billions, tremendous, fake, witch hunt.....
MikeReiss Patriots CLASS
And his favorite masseuse.
Wait wait... the masks from China that other countries literally believe gave people the virus? Way to go patriots, you very well may kill Americans
Smart using THAT airplane because the Patriots are not going to need it again for decades!
I hope for you that the USA won't be stealing them as well.
Wouldn’t trust anything that comes out of China. Don’t put Americans at risk! VP realDonaldTrump realDonaldTrump DonaldJTrumpJr seanhannity rushlimbaugh Scavino45
JonLemire DBChirpy ummm no. China & Russia are not USA friends. It’s nuts to think they would send anything to USA not tampered with. Are the Patriots not aware China & Russia are our enemies? Maybe try an allied USA country?
'Factories sprang up or retooled to make equipment. But complaints in Spain over Chinese-made tests highlight the difficulties of regulating quality.'
JonLemire Woooooohoooooo! Now let's make sure they get where they're needed most. Gratitude.
要么别买 买了别瞎逼逼
Bob Kraft is the greatest owner in sports history. It’s no coincidence the Patriots have won 6 Super Bowls. What a cool looking plane! I bet Tom Brady is going to miss it.
Great partnership for the state of Massachusetts. amazon with your tremendous resources and influences in China can you do something similar for Washington State, GovInslee
Hope they kept the receipt.
'Thousands of testing kits and medical masks are below standard or defective, according to authorities in Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands.'
Good thing we’re not waiting on the NHLBruins plane
Was Kushners company Project Air Bridge involved?
Our mask is not designed for the facial structure of Caucasians. Just saying......
Are they the ones thlalt kid wiped his shoes on
Probably defective ones like they sold to the Europeans. That said, thanks to the Patriots for trying to do something.
They might be Giants! 18and1
When you hand in your business to china, you have to rely on it for a while. China knows how to crack down the solidarity of EU, it’s too good at destroying civilisation and humanity. CCP_is_terrorist
Kraft was like 'hey, how about instead of loading the plane with sex slaves this time we load it with masks!”
Just blame china , US had 2 month to prepare , no its China s fault. HIV its China fault , US falling China s fault
The team owner is still an asshole, the coach is still a cheater, and the quarterback... Oh he is in Tampa now -- guess he will have to figure out how to cheat in a new city.
When they get the China-made masks, they can claim they are faulty and detain them, without paying 1￡. How clever!
I just hope their not of low quality... 🤔
Congratulations, 'Why we do not create a flu to sell cure'?
“We don’t want shitty chinese products!” Meanwhile they fly to china to deliver shit back home. “Once you are addicted to chinese business, you never find your soul back.” CCP_is_terrorist
嘴上说不要，身体却很诚实。
realDonaldTrump did not bring manufacturer back to America. and suffer serious shortage of medial supplies
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼usa standing together working together how proud this makes me. R u listening tRump they worked they red tape & got it done why can’t u get more masks for doctors⁉️tests too‼️🙏🏼🆘🇺🇸🌊
Although these are not N95 masks - do you really trust China?
Hope they are good quality ones otherwise no point
Netherlands recalls 600,000 face masks from China due to low quality Top-of-the-line N95 masks did not fit well and filters did not function properly, Dutch government says
Are these the same mask trump administration took there from the American people ?
Just blame China.
Robert Kraft , New England Patriots getting the job done !
Are these the ones that Europe rejected? 'On Saturday, the Dutch health ministry announced it had recalled 600,000 face masks. The equipment had arrived from a Chinese manufacturer on 21 March'
Why can’t realDonaldTrump lead ? We need football teams to lead
I mean this is great. However, There should be so many millionaires doing this type of thing that it doesn’t make the news. This cost Robert Craft 1 day of pay probably. He’s doing the right thing but it’s not like this is a big sacrifice.
THANK YOU!!
coool.
不是说中国卖的都是假口罩吗，建议直接不买
Their name matches their action!
Thanks RobertKrafts. But u still got a handy in Florida from an enslaved Chinese woman and this doesn’t make that go away.
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