WITH PLASMA, WE’VE PUT THAT INFORMATION ON OUR NBC 10 BOSTON
APP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING
WHAT YOU’RE DOING FOR US, FOR
ALL THE FAMILIES.
>>> TONIGHT, WE HAVE A POSITIVE
UPDATE FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH YOU
FROM THE INVESTIGATORS.
TWO WEEKS AGO, WE TOLD BUT
HUNDREDS OF MASSACHUSETTS
FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO GET PPE
FOR NURSES PROVIDING IN HOME
CARE FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE
CHILDREN.
NOW WE CAN TELL THAT YOU OUR
STORY CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF
SOME AMBITIOUS GRAD STUDENTS AT
HARVARD.
>> AND AS RYAN EXPLAINS, THEY
ANSWERED THE CALL TO HELP IN A
BIG WAY.
>> Reporter: DANIELLE WATCHED
HER TALK ABOUT THE STRUGGLE OF
SAFELY CARING FOR HER DAUGHTER
ELIZABETH DURING THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
>> HELP US BE SAFE AT HOME.
>> Reporter: HOW THE SOMERVILLE
MOM WAS FORCED TO FIND HER OWN
PROTECTIVE GEAR FOR NURSES FOR
AROUND THE CLOCK CARE.
>> WHAT MADE YOU REACH OUT WITH
THE STORY?
>> YOUR STORY WAS SO HEART
BREAKING ABOUT HOLLY AND
ELIZABETH AND I KNEW WE COULD
HELP.
>> Reporter: THAT’S BECAUSE
SHE’S PART OF AN 11-PERSON TEAM
FROM HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL.
THE GRAD STUDENTS HAVE TURNED
THEIR VISION INTO AN INCREDIBLE
SUCCESSFUL IN A MATTER OF WEEKS,
THEY CREATED A SUPPLY CHAIN FROM
CHINA.
RAISED $3 MILLION AND SECURED
1.7 MILLION PIECES OF THE
CRUCIAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THEY
DONATE TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
>> THAT’S AMAZING.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
>> IT SHOWS YOU THE DREAM BIG
AND GO FOR IT.
AND I’M HONORED TO BE PART OF
SUCH AN AMAZING TEAM OF PEOPLE.
>> I PUT DANIELLE IN TOUCH WITH
THE DIRECTOR OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES COUNCIL.
>> THE IMPACT OF THAT ONE STORY
HAS BEEN HUGE.
>> Reporter: THE ORGANIZATION
LOADED UP THE MINI VAN WITH
4,000 PIECES OF PPE AND SINCE
THEN, DAN HAS SPENT HIS DAYS IN
THE LIVING ROOM PACKAGING UP AND
MAILING OUT THE GEAR TWICE A DAY
AS HE RECEIVES HE REQUESTS FROM
FAMILIES.
>> THANK YOU!
>> Reporter: A STEADY STRAEL OF
GRATEFUL VIDEOS AND PHOTOS COMES
BACK IN RETURN.
>> ONE WOMAN SAID THANK YOU.
YOU’VE SAVED MY DAUGHTER’S LIFE.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE THE HEAR
THAT?
>> A BIT HUMBLING.
TO THINK SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS
MAILING OUT MASKS HAS THAT GREAT
OF AN IMPACT ON FAMILIES.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU, RYAN.
>> SHE SAID SHE’S BLOWN AWAY BY
THE REACTION TO WHAT SHE AND
OTHER FAMILIES WITH MEDICALLY
FRAGILE KIDS ARE FACING.
>> IT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS TO
THINK THAT SOMEONE OUT OF
KINDNESS OF THEIR HEARTS WOULD
FIND A WAY LOCALLY TO ELEMENT
US.
>> THANK YOU!
>> SHE SAID SHE’S SENDING
VIRTUAL HUGS UNTIL IT IS SAFE
AGAIN TO GIVE THE REAL THING.
>> HANG IN THERE.
WE’RE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO GET
YOU MORE PPE TO GET WHAT YOU YOU