1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: Nine eighty five sports up. We're toucher and rich and 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: the Kraft family stepping up huge, getting the masks here 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: to the people that need them, taking the plane over 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,240 Speaker 1: there to China, and Jonathan Crafts and one of the 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: masterminds of the endeavor joins us, mister Kraft, Hello, sir, 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: hi Fred let me. I don't like correcting you, but 7 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: um let me correct you. At the start, we didn't 8 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: step up huge. The healthcare workers, the frontline caregivers in 9 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: this state and around the country, they're the ones who 10 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: are stepping up huge. And that's not hyperbole. I've I've 11 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: walked the ICU units at Mass General in the last 12 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: couple of days and to see nurses and doctors and 13 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: support staff working among people who are so so sick 14 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: from this virus and in very bad shape. And these 15 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: are frontline caregivers who go home to their kids, their spouses, 16 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: and in a lot of cases elderly parents or in laws. 17 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: And I didn't I didn't see one caregiver who was 18 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: worried about themselves. But this lack of ppe has weighed 19 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 1: on them because they want to give care, but then 20 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: they have to go home and be with the loved one, 21 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: So to do your job, you shouldn't have to be 22 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: worried about infecting somebody who you love. It's just a 23 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: horrible situation. So they are the ones who are stepping 24 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: up big every day. And I don't mean I know 25 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: you were trying to be nice to me, But all 26 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: we did is what anybody should do. Everybody in our 27 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: community and around the country has an ability to do 28 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: something literally, whether anything, you know, give a meal to 29 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: a neighbor who might be sick, who's a caregiver, or 30 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: donate a dollar or a quarter or one hundred dollars 31 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: whatever you can to any of the wonderful organizations that 32 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:24,399 Speaker 1: are raising money to provide services. But a community has 33 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: to come together. So all we did is what you 34 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: do when you're part of a community, and you do 35 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: what you can to the best of your individual ability. 36 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: And I'm sorry, sorry for going on that long rant, 37 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: but we didn't step up big, Jonathan. You contradicted me, 38 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: and that's not no. I don't want to encourage a 39 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: wrath otherwise, but right, that's right. But but but, and 40 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: what you said is very eloquent and very true. But 41 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: how did this all come together? How did did you 42 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,839 Speaker 1: get with Governor Baker, and how did this all come 43 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: to fruition? Well, Governor Baker, you know so many politicians, 44 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: and this is a general statement, but so many politicians. 45 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: The business of politics is you're a million miles wide 46 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: and two inches deep, and you run from situation a 47 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: situation and you just try to manage. And it's the 48 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: world we live in, and unfortunately that's what politics has become. 49 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: I've known Governor Baker for almost thirty years. We've been 50 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: great friends. I'm just a huge admirer of him as 51 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: a human being. And when he was in government almost 52 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: thirty years ago in the Weld administration, and the work 53 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: he did, and then the work he did in the 54 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: private sector at Harvard Pilgrim, you know, turning around effectively 55 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: a bankrupt HMO, brilliant manager, brilliant business person, then became 56 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: a venture capitalist for a few years, and now as governor. 57 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: And Governor Baker has a real intellect and understands healthcare 58 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: and likes to go deep. And I was actually on 59 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: a mass General Brigham Finance Committee call two weeks ago 60 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: today or yesterday, i think, and my set and it 61 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: was a virtual meeting because we were supposed to be 62 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: in person, but by then the state had cut down 63 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: on the gathering, you know, said please don't gather in 64 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: groups greater than twenty five. And while I was listening 65 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: on a call with us talking about the financial implications 66 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: of acquiring more PPE, my cell phone rang and I 67 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 1: put the call on mute. It was Governor Baker. And 68 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: the Governor said to me, you know, he said, I 69 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: am so blank and frustrated. And he talked about all 70 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: of these He had seen this coming, he knew this 71 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: was coming, he saw we had a need. And he said, 72 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: you know, I've had a couple of big batches of 73 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: PPE and at the end of the day they just 74 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: haven't come through. And he said, we just threw a 75 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: third party secured well over a million masks at ninety 76 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: five in China. He goes, but I have no way 77 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: of getting them here, and the supply chains are totally frozen. 78 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 1: He said, do you think people who have airplanes would 79 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: be willing to fly over? And I think what the 80 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 1: governor meant was, you know the planes that hold six, eight, ten, 81 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: twelve people. And I said, Governor, you know those planes 82 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: that a million and a half mass whatever, You're not 83 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 1: going to be able. You're gonna need fifty of them. 84 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: They just don't have cargo space. And he said, do 85 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: you have any other ideas or something of that effect, 86 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 1: And I started thinking about people I knew in the 87 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: cargo business, and then I just said, you know what, 88 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: because you could throw them on a boat, but then 89 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: you're talking three or four weeks, and that just wasn't 90 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,119 Speaker 1: going to work. And I said, you know what, I said. 91 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: You know, our team flies around on a seven sixty 92 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: seven and the only reason we had bought these was 93 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 1: because the airlines wanted to get out of flying teams 94 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: on wide bodies. That's a whole other story, but we 95 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: had done it a few years ago. And I said, look, 96 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: we have the seven sixty seven, and you know, we 97 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: have a huge cargo hold on that. I don't know 98 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: how many it can fit, but it'll be much more 99 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: efficient than sending little planes. And that's how it all started. 100 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,359 Speaker 1: And I hung up with with the governor. I called 101 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: I called Robert, and we as a family had actually 102 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: over the prior two days, been talking about we wanted 103 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: to make a significant financial contribution to the efforts of 104 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: the commonwealth, but we didn't want to just write a check. 105 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: We had been thinking about things like setting up a 106 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: kitchen and putting staff in there because we've kept all 107 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: of you know, our kitchen staffs. We have a lot 108 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: of food people that we were any how, we were 109 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: thinking maybe we would just start running a kitchen and 110 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: provide meals or do do something with money and the 111 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: assets of our business. And this this, this just seemed 112 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: to be so so like as a just a good 113 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: fit for for what we had available. And I said, 114 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: Robert was like, that's a you know, great idea. Let's 115 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: figure out how how we make it happen. And so 116 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: then Jim Nolan, who is the CEO of Craft Sports 117 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: and Entertainment, I called him the planes report to him 118 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: and I I said, Jim, can we get our planes? Uh, 119 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: you know, one or two? And you know, we didn't 120 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: understand what we were stepping into. Unfortunately, it's not just 121 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: like flying to Cleveland and doing something and anyhow, that's 122 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: sort of the background on it. Okay, so but but 123 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: but once you I'm sorry, but once you know the 124 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: way from that moment on, when you read about the 125 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: background of of how it all went down, it's like 126 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: a spy novel. It wasn't just let's fly this over there, right, 127 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: You guys had to do several things and make several stops, 128 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: and then the restrictions once you got there. We're tough. 129 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: Can you talk a little bit about the hurdles that 130 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: you had to go through just to get from here 131 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: to there. Yeah, it's it's complicated, and I don't want 132 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: to bore your listeners with what's happened in the world, 133 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: just at a high level in general, you know, the 134 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: air traffic flow between countries, not just the US and 135 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: China but everywhere because people are trying to contain this 136 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: incitious virus, the air traffic flows in general, and getting 137 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: permission if you're not a regular commercial or cargo airline 138 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: to do and even for them, their restrictions have gotten greater, 139 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 1: but for others it's it's just been tough. And first 140 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: we had to make sure our airplane was properly equipped 141 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: with the right software. It needed one upgrade which we 142 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: set up to have put on, and then we just 143 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: went to work with through the FAA and people in 144 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 1: our country, knowing we were going on a humanitarian mission, 145 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: so that we could waive certain requirements for crew crewing 146 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: and crew rest, and no one was ever in danger, 147 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: but just there were some things that needed to be 148 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: sort of look the other way on when if it 149 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 1: versus if you had a plane full of two hundred 150 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: and fifty passengers. And fortunately, you know, we had to 151 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: go through that and it was good. One of the 152 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: things is we decided that the right way to fly 153 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: was to go from here to Alaska and and have 154 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: the pilots get a full night rest in Alaska. So 155 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: they got to Alaska. I lose track of the days, 156 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: but whatever day they landed there they went. They slept 157 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: for twelve hours, and then four pilots and then three 158 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 1: maintenance texts with all the spare parts you could ever need, 159 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: as well as some flight attendants to support the pilots. 160 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: So we had a crew of ten or eleven got 161 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: on the airplane and and they the idea was we 162 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: would fly to China, which was about a twelve hour flight, 163 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 1: a little over twelve hours, and they had three hours 164 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: on the ground where everyone had to stay on the plane. 165 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: If we had had a maintenance or a tech issue, 166 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: our maintenance or tech guys could have gotten off the 167 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: plane to correct it, because you couldn't it once the 168 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 1: pilots left the plane, they'd be in quarantine for fourteen 169 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: days and and and I don't know what would have 170 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: happened one of the maintenance anyhow, So we you know, 171 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: and our crew um just was exceptional. Our lead pilot 172 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: Lincoln is an unbelievable guy, and they were really brave 173 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: to go over and do this. But they flew twelve 174 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: hours we landed. But in the days leading up to 175 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: the trip, we had started to assemble the mass on 176 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: the ground. But remember the supply chain for these masks 177 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: are crazy all over the world. And what we figured 178 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: out was the governor had gotten these masks. A gentleman 179 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: named Brian Danza, who's a great guy, and a guy 180 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: who works for who helps the governor out a lot 181 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: named John Cook had put this together. The problem is 182 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 1: the masks weren't coming from a number of different factories, 183 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: and obviously these masters are in high demand, and if 184 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: you don't have your people on the ground in China 185 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:25,479 Speaker 1: protecting and putting the gear together, you're gonna have real problems. 186 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: And so there's a gentleman named Mark Schwartz who is 187 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: on the board of Mass General and is a really 188 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 1: close friend. He ran Goldman Sachs Asia for a number 189 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: of years and is very close. He ran all of 190 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: Asia for Goldman and ten Cent, which is one of 191 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: the largest companies in China, and just wonderful people there. 192 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: Mark said to me, you know what if at the time, 193 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:55,839 Speaker 1: we didn't even know if we were still going to 194 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: get a landing permit in China, And that's a whole 195 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: other story. But we were having problems just figuring out 196 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 1: all the on the ground logistics and getting the airport 197 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:09,439 Speaker 1: to sort of let the stuff go through export customs 198 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: quickly and then get loaded on the plane. And we 199 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 1: had less than we had to do it all within 200 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: three hours, and we're not a cargo plane, so we're 201 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: not set up with everything. So Mark reached out to 202 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: ten Cent and they literally at the CEO level embraced this, 203 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: and like last Saturday night, I was on a call 204 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: for over an hour with the CEO and the General 205 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: council of ten Cent and they just put a ton 206 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: of people on this and they started moving around from 207 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 1: warehouse to warehouse, started directing trucks, aggregated all of this 208 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: for us into a centralized warehouse. They guarded and protected 209 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: the product, and then they helped get it staged and 210 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: set up. And this when you're one of the largest 211 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 1: companies in the country, you can make that type of 212 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: thing happen. If you're just dealing from you know, eight 213 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 1: thousand miles away, you have no ability to do this. 214 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: And it wasn't just some people. It was think about 215 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: a company like Apple or Facebook or Google in this 216 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: country doing it with their people in their you know, 217 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: home market, which just was such an extraordinary gift from 218 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 1: from ten Cent to us. And they got it all aggregated. 219 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: And by the way, we still have about a half 220 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: a million masks that they're protecting and warehousing for us, 221 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: and we're working with them so that we get it 222 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: back here in Massachusetts by next week two and they 223 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: they've taken total ownership of this with us. So sorry. 224 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 1: That was a fascinating when we landed, and I'm really 225 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: still only glossing over the surface of this um but 226 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,479 Speaker 1: they were they were so invaluable to us, and and 227 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: and then when so when we landed, uh there there there, 228 00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: And I think we do have a little bit of 229 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: video that somebody took on the ground in China and 230 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: got to our people that I assume we'll get out there, 231 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: because it's pretty cool to see the plane arrive and 232 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: all these airport workers in like hazmat suits around it. 233 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: And anyhow, the plane arrived and then it was like 234 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: a NASCAR pit stop in terms of what happened. And 235 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: fortunately we didn't have any mechanical issues. We got it 236 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: done with about three or four minutes to spare and 237 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: got back in the air for what was about a 238 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: nine hour flight back. So all in all, that was 239 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: twenty four hours non stop with four pilots in the air, 240 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: never essentially really leaving the cockpit area of the plane. 241 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: And what they did was great, and they landed. They 242 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: landed back in Alaska, I guess on Wednesday at around 243 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: noon our time, if I'm putting it, because yesterday was Thursday, right, 244 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: And so then they slept and they rest sit up, 245 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: and they came back yesterday. The one thing that'll just 246 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: be way too complicated to talk about, though, is getting 247 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: the landing permit in China for a plane that had 248 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: never been there before and it's not a commercial plane 249 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: and is not to go pick up cargo. Cargo, by 250 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: the way, that's very dear. And there's a gentleman named 251 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: Jim Kim, doctor Jim Kim, who's one of the founders 252 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: of Partners in Health. He went on from there to 253 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: become president of Dartmouth and now runs the World Bank. 254 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: And Jim Kim is a brilliant physician, businessperson and is 255 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: very very well connected throughout the world but in China, 256 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: and a respected healthcare professional and businessman. And I haven't 257 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: seen his name mentioned very much in this, but he 258 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: loves our healthcare assets in the state of Massachusetts. And 259 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: he went he went above and beyond. I can't even 260 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: tell you the mouth and as he moved on the 261 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: Chinese side of the world to help to help ensure 262 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: that that we that that we would be m able 263 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: to land and and and I think that I don't 264 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: know if I answered your question. It was rambling. I 265 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: the last weeks have been a blur. Normally, would we 266 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: want to go somewhere, We tell somebody we're going, the 267 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: airplane gets fired up, and you go and you come back. 268 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: This this this was an interesting experience. And I'll tell 269 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: you Jim Nolan who ran this for rand Point, literally 270 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: minute by minute. At the Craft group Craft Sports and Entertainment, 271 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: he coordinates the logistics around our super Bowls, and I 272 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: know you all have seen what that is. And I'm 273 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: not in any way equating a Super Bowl to this. 274 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: I'm just saying he he he, just he logistically is 275 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: understand what it's like to try to handle a lot 276 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: of things in a very short period of time. And 277 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: the real key when you're working through things like this, 278 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,719 Speaker 1: because when you try to do something outside the normal 279 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: course that's complicated in a quick period of time, you 280 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,439 Speaker 1: know there are going to be twists and turns. You 281 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: don't expect or can't plan for it because you've never 282 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: done it before. And the key is when they come 283 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: up to stay cool, keep everybody else cool, and just 284 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: know you're going to power through it. And Jim, Jim 285 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: has had the experience that I think he's had powering 286 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: through when that's happened, really was valuable to him here 287 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: and and made a made a really big difference. Well, Jonathan, 288 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: first of all, it's crazy that um that it took 289 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: this to get the masks here, but it did. And 290 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: so there are other people who have you know, who 291 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 1: are in positions where they have planes and things like that. 292 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: There's even other owners and you know the NFL that 293 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 1: you know of to all of those people. Is there 294 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,479 Speaker 1: anything you would like to say to them? Because I 295 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: know that there's probably a lot of people seeing the 296 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: story going. Man, maybe I could I could help in 297 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: a massive way this way. Yeah, a lot of a 298 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: lot of NFL team owners players have donated significant amounts 299 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: of money and energies around other things. We did hear 300 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: from some people yesterday, not just in the NFL, but 301 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: other just wealthy people. And this shows you the great 302 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 1: spirit you know that exists in the United States. I 303 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: mean people said, hey, I'm in let me do it too. 304 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:36,400 Speaker 1: I think the problem is, I don't think you can 305 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: replicate this again. We were lucky that the governor had 306 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: somebody working on getting the mass on the ground. You know, 307 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people out hustling the masks, but 308 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 1: are they from an FDA certified facility. Is it just 309 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,120 Speaker 1: you know, some guy that was making T shirts yesterday? 310 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: Because there's a difference. You know, people in the US 311 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: are making masks, but there's a there's and not. Those 312 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: are important efforts and they can help. Basic surgical masks 313 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: can help in non critical care areas where you know 314 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: you are maybe not being exposed over and over again. 315 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: To the virus that you can use them in their help, 316 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: but when you're being exposed over and over again to 317 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: the virus, the real frontline caregivers they need this higher 318 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: quality of mask. And right now the global supply chain 319 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: is just a mess. And I think what Governor Baker did, 320 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,239 Speaker 1: and with the help of Brian Danza, you know, they 321 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: got it secured. But then we had to get it 322 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: aggregated and thank god for ten cents. And then we 323 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 1: had to get the permission to land, and we had 324 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: to get the pilots get approved, and you had to 325 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,959 Speaker 1: get the FAA to look the other way. And by 326 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: the way, I left out one critical party. There was 327 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 1: a lot firm in Washington, DC named Hogan Levels that 328 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: is incredibly they do a lot of international trade, and 329 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 1: I left out just a huge back and forth with 330 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: the Chinese embassies year and even what the visa process was. 331 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: So even though our people never left the airplane, they 332 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: needed visas and I won't even get into that. But 333 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: the Hogan Levels people, they all had it. We got 334 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 1: everything done, but this law from so we probably had 335 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: ten lawyers there who literally put in hundreds of hours 336 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 1: pro bono. By the way, they use their expertise. We 337 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 1: had Jim Kim, we had ten Cent, we had our 338 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 1: pilots that were willing to do it. We had you know, 339 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,959 Speaker 1: it all started with the governor and his inspiration and 340 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 1: so you just can't give somebody a playbook to go 341 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: replicate it. It just it's it's you can't do it. Unfortunately. 342 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: I think the real lesson out of this for everybody, 343 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:48,679 Speaker 1: and you always learn when difficult things happen, is and 344 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: I'm sure our country will just be better prepared next time. 345 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: And that's not calling anybody out. That's not a political statement. 346 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: That's just you learn. I don't think anybody could have 347 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: anticipated this, And now the real key is the next 348 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: time it happens, we just have to be ready for it. 349 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: So this isn't this wasn't it for you guys though. 350 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: That's the one thing. It's not just getting the plane 351 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,919 Speaker 1: and doing the unbelievable amount of you know, footwork to 352 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: make all that happen. But you guys also helped pay 353 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: for a lot of those masks. So we didn't listen. 354 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 1: I told you at the start. Well, so I don't 355 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 1: mean to sound you know, people say I sound angry 356 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: sometimes I'm not angry at all with that. We we 357 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: always had planned on putting money to something, and that 358 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: was when Robert and I started talking, my brothers Dan 359 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: and Josh. We all talked about it, and we wanted 360 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: to make a financial gift, but we wanted to see 361 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: if we could use our ore, the the human capital 362 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 1: that sits within the Craft group of companies, and the 363 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: heart assets that were fortunate to have within the group 364 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: to do something, to do something that might be harder 365 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: for other people just because they don't have it. So 366 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: we we we we we talked to the governor. The 367 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: days all blend and once we knew we were pretty 368 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: sure we were going to pull this off. Um, we 369 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: we talked to the governor, UM Robert and I and 370 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: we said, look, we want to pay well, actually, I'm 371 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: sort of jumping ahead in the story, but we would 372 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 1: The reader's digest is, this isn't exactly how we want 373 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: to pay for half of what's on that airplane and 374 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: be complete partners with the states. So we the state. 375 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: So it was a few million dollars in cash, and 376 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: and obviously we donated all the cost of the trip. 377 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 1: And on top of that, I don't you know, we're 378 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: not and and and we're going to finish it all 379 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: off and get these other five or six hundred thousand 380 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: mass here at our cost as well. And I think 381 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: what will likely happen is our plane will end up 382 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: on the West Coast. Hopefully we'll be able to get 383 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: them there in bulk to the West coast. I think 384 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: it would be very hard to get our plane back 385 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: into China. Yeah, well, thank you. And then the one, 386 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: the one other part of the story that I think 387 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: is important because it speaks to again our governor. And 388 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: in full disclosure, he's a friend and I don't care 389 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: whether people like him politically or not. But at the 390 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: end of the day, you want your leaders to be intelligent, 391 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: to be empathetic, and to be bold. And last Wednesday, 392 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: I believe it was Robert called me late in the 393 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,239 Speaker 1: I you know, six seven at night and he's like, 394 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 1: you know, I just watch Cuomo again and he's like, jeez, 395 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: you know, what's going on in New York is just heartbreaking. 396 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: And you know, do you think Charlie would ever be okay? 397 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 1: If we if we could And I knew at the 398 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: time one of the factories had like another three hundred 399 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: thousand Masks and we were going to end up buying 400 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: him anyhow, and if we could pull the trip off, 401 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 1: He said, do you think Charlie would be okay if 402 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 1: we bought an incremental amount that would come later. We 403 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: knew they'd be on the second run, but allow us 404 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: to take three hundred out of the first run and 405 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 1: send him down to New York because every day matters there. 406 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: And I said, I said, Dad, I'm I'm I'm sure 407 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: he would. I said, I'll, you know, I'll reach out 408 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,360 Speaker 1: to him. And then before I could even call the governor, 409 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: he called me a few minutes later to say he 410 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: had heard something about something going on in Washington that 411 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,360 Speaker 1: he wanted to just have checked out. And he said, 412 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: do you think Robert could get this checked out for us? 413 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,360 Speaker 1: I said better yet, I said, I'm going to get 414 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: him on the phone, because I was about to call 415 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: you to ask you something for him. I'm going to 416 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 1: let you two talk to each other. And I put 417 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: him on the phone, and Robert of course agreed to 418 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 1: do what the governor had asked him to do. But 419 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: then Robert, before we got to that, had said, you know, Charlie, look, 420 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: here's what's going on in New York. Here's what I'd 421 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: like to do. And I'm telling you he didn't hesitate 422 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,199 Speaker 1: for a nano second. He just had a one word answer, 423 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: and the answer was absolutely. And you know, you see that. 424 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: I got chills when he said that, because he's a 425 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: Republican governor of this state and he knew, you know, 426 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: as a human being, he saw what was going on 427 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: in New York and and I think he also trusted 428 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: us to make sure that everything got back here in Massachusetts, 429 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: got what it was going to get originally. And that 430 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: was just really um, that was that was it was 431 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: just I love the guy, and it was it was 432 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: great to see. It's it's it's a situation where I 433 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: don't care what your politics are. You got it done. 434 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:00,080 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of nurses that I know, and 435 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: there's obviously a lot of doctors that didn't mean you're 436 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: very you you know a lot of these people firsthand 437 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,640 Speaker 1: from what the Craft Foundation does, and you know these 438 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: people obviously thank you. On top of that, you guys 439 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 1: set up a website. Um that I know is also 440 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: the hell people should give. I know that's probably Stacy 441 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: telling you that, and and and I love Stacy, but look, 442 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: and I knows about plugging. Please take a victory lap. 443 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: Damn it, Jathan Day Rich Rich you guys are awesome. 444 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: There's no victory laps here, Okay, this is this is look. 445 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: I'm privileged to to to be the chair of the 446 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 1: board mass General. And I'm privileged to work with the 447 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: people at the Brigham and and and Newton Wellesley and Wentworth, 448 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,880 Speaker 1: Douglass and then Tuckett and Martha's Vineyard and Spalding, all 449 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 1: the hospitals in our system. But Sandy Fenwick, who runs 450 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: Children's is a great friend. And Kevin tab who runs 451 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 1: the bi Deaconess is a great friend, and and the 452 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: healthcare workers of this We're just so lucky to live 453 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 1: in Massachusetts. And as I said, I want the ICUs 454 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: and I think people, as I started this off by saying, 455 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: should just do They should just do whatever little thing 456 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 1: or big thing, just whatever they're capable of doing, and 457 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: choose something that's meaningful to you and do it. And 458 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 1: if everybody in the community did that, we're going to 459 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: be We're going to be in such a better place. 460 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: And the only reason we put that button up on 461 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: our website is we started getting overwhelmed with people yesterday 462 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: who said can we join in? What can we do? 463 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 1: So we said, look, there were people that wanted to 464 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: buy PPE, so you know, we said we'll put a 465 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 1: button up, but I'm not There's a million other things 466 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 1: and people should decide what moves and motivates them. If 467 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 1: you want to help provide funds for PPE and restocking, 468 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 1: I promise that a hundred cents of every single dollar 469 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 1: will go towards PPE, and not an iota of any 470 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: penny will go to anything but it. If there are 471 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: any administrative expenses, you know, they won't come out of 472 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,479 Speaker 1: that money to get it to where We'll take care 473 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: of that. But that that's the only reason we did that. 474 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: But people should choose to do what motivates them. And 475 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,479 Speaker 1: the last thing I want to say too, just at 476 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 1: a high level, because I've talked about all the hospitals 477 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: just now, and I should talk about Mayor Walsh because 478 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 1: Mayor Walsh and Governor Baker had been working so so 479 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: well together. And I get to be partnered with John Fish, 480 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: whose chair of the board at the Brigham, and Scott Sperling, 481 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: whose chair of Mass General Brigham, and Anne Klebanski, who 482 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: runs the whole Mass General Brigham system and what the 483 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: governor and the mayor are doing right now at the 484 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: Convention Center. This is what makes our city and our 485 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: commonwealth so difference is different, you know, being ready beforehand, 486 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: building a post acute care facility so when people get 487 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: better in the hospitals, they can be moved out, and 488 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: then also have a place where where where the homeless 489 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: in our community who may be suffering from this disease 490 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: and don't want to infect people, there's a place for 491 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: them to go. And it's just it's awesome to see 492 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: the spirit of our city and our state. And it 493 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 1: all started two weeks ago with that call from Governor Baker. 494 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: But I've been fortunate in my other role. Not fortunate, 495 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: but I've been I've been privileged to see how well 496 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,719 Speaker 1: the people in this state work. And you look on 497 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: the news and you see how it might not be 498 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: as smooth other places, and you just feel good. So 499 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: people should do whatever whatever little thing they can do, 500 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: and then our community is just going to come out 501 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: of this thing so much faster and be so better off. 502 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 1: And that's really what it's about, all right, Jonathan Well. 503 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 1: The website people can go to is patriots dot Com 504 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 1: slash covid nineteen. I'm gonna plug it in in. I don't 505 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: want you to plug it. Don't plug it. I don't 506 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: plug it. Listen, it's not really. We're so blessed to 507 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: live here. Thank you for the job you guys are 508 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: doing on the radio. And well, Jonathan tsu, Hi, shut up. 509 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: I'm telling Rich to shut up. He won't let you want. 510 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: He wants to plug it. You don't want him to 511 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: plug it. All right, I want listen, people know how 512 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 1: to find us and and people should do what they want. 513 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 1: But again, to thank you to all the frontline healthcare 514 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: workers in the Commonwealth. They I wish I had better 515 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: adjectives to describe what they were doing. Because it's last question, Jonathan, 516 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: before you go, if they make a movie out of this? 517 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: Does Mark Wahlberg player father? I don't think Walburg's buff 518 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 1: enough or cool enough. I'm choking. I love Mark. I 519 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm not. There's no movie. There's there's 520 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 1: no movie. Could be a movie. Hey, you know what 521 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: I really dislike about Wahlberg and the only thing I 522 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: dislike about my father. They both have great hairlines, and 523 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: I just just you know, it's frustrating. Every time I 524 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 1: see them, I just together. I'm like, I hate both 525 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: of you. I say that I I shaved my head 526 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: because this is going to be like an advent calendar 527 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: to see how long this thing lasts. I wasn't going 528 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: to get a haircut. Anything. Must look you must look 529 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: really good. Fred, you should probably I'm not gonna you 530 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: should you must look really good looking good and Fred, 531 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: I've never been in the same sentence, but I, uh, 532 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: we appreciate everything that you did, and thanks so much 533 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 1: for calling it, and thank you for your humility during 534 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: all this. Obviously it came from the heart, and um, 535 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: we do appreciate it in the in the way that 536 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: you represented what you did. It was very touching and 537 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: your family did a great and I know that you're 538 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 1: being modest about it, but it was truly great. And 539 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: thank you for coming on and sharing the story with us. Great. Nice, 540 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: thank you. Nice to talk to you guys. Look forward 541 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: to being under better circumstances next time. Absolutely, thank you. Alright, 542 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: there you go.