Coronavirus News: Patriots owner Robert Kraft donates 300,000 masks to NYC

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Saturday, April 4, 2020
Patriot's owner Kraft donates 300,000 masks to NYC
Dave Evans updates the virus response in New York and how it's impacted by a shipment of masks from the Patriots' owner

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft donated 300,000 N95 masks to New York City.

The masks were delivered to the hospital at the Javits Center on Friday.

They're part of the more than $1.7 million masks Kraft bought out of pocket.

He then used the Patriots team plane to fly them from China to Boston to help healthcare workers.

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