1 00:00:00,757 --> 00:00:03,174 (logo bangs) 2 00:00:05,780 --> 00:00:08,447 (pensive music) 3 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,370 - So I think a mask represents the mission. 4 00:00:30,370 --> 00:00:33,470 The mask also represents our individual responsibility 5 00:00:33,470 --> 00:00:35,040 as part of that mission. 6 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,250 - My mask would say I preferred the bright colors because 7 00:00:40,460 --> 00:00:43,020 when things are crazy and scary, 8 00:00:43,020 --> 00:00:44,620 a little color in your life could help you 9 00:00:44,620 --> 00:00:45,630 get through the day. 10 00:00:45,630 --> 00:00:48,210 - The story that my mask would tell is 11 00:00:48,210 --> 00:00:50,040 of just hard work, 12 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,960 not feeling defeated and just being able to not give up. 13 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,250 Over time, we would effect change. 14 00:00:56,250 --> 00:00:59,250 - My mom sent me some, my friends sent me some. 15 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:01,580 It's different and it'll be interesting in 50 years. 16 00:01:01,580 --> 00:01:03,090 Is that the new norm? 17 00:01:03,090 --> 00:01:06,250 Can they imagine a life without wearing masks? 18 00:01:06,250 --> 00:01:10,180 - The masks represented an individual effort from everybody 19 00:01:11,260 --> 00:01:13,450 to fight the pandemic. 20 00:01:13,450 --> 00:01:18,450 It is representational of the fight against COVID-19. 21 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,310 - The mask in itself is a really good way 22 00:01:23,310 --> 00:01:25,860 of identifying this mission, 23 00:01:25,860 --> 00:01:29,700 symbolic of this new, novel event 24 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:32,210 that I know hopefully we get beyond 25 00:01:32,210 --> 00:01:33,700 and don't have to deal with again. 26 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:36,240 - My sister kind of got her group of moms together 27 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,030 and said let's make 80 masks if we can. 28 00:01:40,030 --> 00:01:41,850 It's not so much my mask journey 29 00:01:41,850 --> 00:01:43,450 but the journey of so many people 30 00:01:43,450 --> 00:01:46,350 that have stepped up to the role and tried to provide. 31 00:01:46,350 --> 00:01:49,070 Every mask shows that every person 32 00:01:49,070 --> 00:01:50,820 cares about another person 33 00:01:50,820 --> 00:01:52,590 and even where those masks came from 34 00:01:52,590 --> 00:01:55,500 shows that a lotta people care about other people 35 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:58,580 and they're all trying to help even in a small way. 36 00:01:58,580 --> 00:02:03,580 - And I took my old brown T-shirts and old boot strings, 37 00:02:04,170 --> 00:02:08,210 and I sewed them together, and I made the masks. 38 00:02:08,210 --> 00:02:10,070 - Just be careful of your environment. 39 00:02:10,070 --> 00:02:12,960 If this ever happens again, practice social distancing 40 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,080 because that seems to work really well. 41 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,410 - I would like to think those masks would talk about 42 00:02:18,410 --> 00:02:20,060 the care and the professionalism 43 00:02:21,984 --> 00:02:25,720 that the 807th, 44 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:30,583 the United States Army, supported this cause, 45 00:02:33,050 --> 00:02:34,650 this fight. 46 00:02:34,650 --> 00:02:36,650 - My mask would probably tell you 47 00:02:36,650 --> 00:02:40,680 that this was one measure of many to flatten the curve, 48 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:45,470 you know, to stop the spread and not only protect ourselves 49 00:02:45,470 --> 00:02:47,290 but protect each other. 50 00:02:47,290 --> 00:02:49,882 - My mother-in-law made over 100 masks 51 00:02:49,882 --> 00:02:51,250 for the soldiers here. 52 00:02:51,250 --> 00:02:53,260 It shows the community pulling together, 53 00:02:53,260 --> 00:02:55,490 just like World War I where we had our victory gardens, 54 00:02:55,490 --> 00:02:58,720 and we had the Ladies Auxiliary that did things 55 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,390 to support their soldiers. 56 00:03:00,390 --> 00:03:02,500 In my mind, this is the first time since then 57 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:03,830 that our country has pulled together 58 00:03:03,830 --> 00:03:05,050 to do those kind of things. 59 00:03:05,050 --> 00:03:09,820 People are still supportive of those in need in our country. 60 00:03:09,820 --> 00:03:11,960 - Be a collage of all of the other masks 61 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,891 showing all of the people that have collaborated 62 00:03:14,891 --> 00:03:18,980 in the support effort to try to reduce a pandemic 63 00:03:18,980 --> 00:03:21,150 that threatened the nation's health. 64 00:03:21,150 --> 00:03:25,250 This pandemic has hit this like nothing else has. 65 00:03:25,250 --> 00:03:27,740 - And last night they had "Wonder Woman" on. 66 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:30,800 So I was watching it, and she had a shield 67 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,055 that she carries, carry it, 68 00:03:33,055 --> 00:03:36,990 and she had the shield, you know, like this, 69 00:03:36,990 --> 00:03:40,920 and she was kneeling down and the machine gun fire 70 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,883 was just coming on to her like that. 71 00:03:45,260 --> 00:03:47,980 So I kind of perceive 72 00:03:50,070 --> 00:03:52,670 our face masks as a shield 73 00:03:52,670 --> 00:03:53,823 for our friends. 74 00:03:55,050 --> 00:03:56,380 It protects me, 75 00:03:56,380 --> 00:04:00,030 but its primary purpose is, 76 00:04:00,030 --> 00:04:02,913 if I'm infected, is to protect you. 77 00:04:06,806 --> 00:04:10,330 And so, it's like Wonder Woman's shield. 78 00:04:10,330 --> 00:04:13,640 It's there to protect my coworkers, my friends, 79 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,620 my buddies, my fellow service members. 80 00:04:17,620 --> 00:04:22,260 If I need to talk to someone at the same computer screen, 81 00:04:22,260 --> 00:04:25,170 it comes up 'cause I want to protect 82 00:04:27,470 --> 00:04:30,250 the people next to me, the people I work with. 83 00:04:30,250 --> 00:04:34,200 I don't wanna be responsible for getting somebody else sick. 84 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:35,980 I don't wanna do that. 85 00:04:35,980 --> 00:04:39,140 So that's the function of this mask here. 86 00:04:39,140 --> 00:04:41,510 It's like Wonder Woman's shield. 87 00:04:41,510 --> 00:04:43,123 It's like protecting my buddies.