New England Patriots' plane delivers PPE to Boston

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday he got choked up at Thursday's arrival of a plane full of personal protective equipment because he felt like he was finally able to deliver for the people on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.

The New England Patriots' private team plane arrived in Boston from China on Thursday carrying more than one million masks critical to health care providers fighting to control the spread of the coronavirus.

Baker secured the N95 masks but had no way of getting them to the US.

Patriots team owner Robert Kraft stepped in and offered the plane.

"I was grateful that we were able to do something for this community that we should all be enormously grateful for," said Baker.

Baker also announced a plan to work with Salesforce, Accenture, and the non-profit Partners in Health to start a contact tracing program to help the state trace those who are infected with the virus.