Robert Kraft is a longtime friend of President Trump.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker struck an agreement two weeks ago to acquire the critically needed masks from a "collection of Chinese manufacturers," but he had no way to get them back to Massachusetts.
Special arrangements had to be made to fly to China and allow the plane to land.
The original order was for 1.7 million masks, but only 1.2 million could fit on the plane, so the rest will be sent to Massachusetts soon in another shipment.
In addition to helping work out all the logistics and get through the red tape, the Kraft family paid $2 million, which came to half the cost of the masks.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker struck an agreement two weeks ago to acquire the critically needed masks from a "collection of Chinese manufacturers," but he had no way to get them back to Massachusetts.
Special arrangements had to be made to fly to China and allow the plane to land.
The original order was for 1.7 million masks, but only 1.2 million could fit on the plane, so the rest will be sent to Massachusetts soon in another shipment.
In addition to helping work out all the logistics and get through the red tape, the Kraft family paid $2 million, which came to half the cost of the masks.