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Source: https://thejewishnews.com/2020/04/16/israeli-airline-brings-precious-covid-cargo-to-detroit/
Israeli Airline Brings Precious Covid Cargo to Detroit
(Detroit Jewish News) Jennifer Lovy - On April 12, an El Al jet touched down at Detroit Metropolitan Airport carrying 3.5 million surgical and KN95 protective masks, face shields and pulse oximeters from China for Michigan hospitals, senior living facilities, and first responders. Alon Kaufman, co-owner with his wife Shari of HoMedics, a Michigan manufacturer of consumer wellness products, is Israeli. They had reconfigured production lines at the factories they work with in China to mass-produce FDA-approved protective face masks and other needed medical supplies. HoMedics had tried unsuccessfully to charter a plane from several different airlines to bring the equipment. Then they reached out to El Al. The Kaufmans also worked with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit to ensure masks would be available to individuals working at senior housing facilities and people delivering meals to senior citizens, as well as burial staff.