Louisville Courier-Journal: 'A gift to the American people' lands in Louisville with nation's first COVID-19 vaccines
EDITOR'S NOTE: We congratulate Teamsters Local 89 for the role its members played in this vital lifesaving mission and echo the sentiment in this post we copied from the local's Facebook page:
"When something important just has to get there on time, you turn to Teamster members to get the job done.
"Thank you to the hardworking and dedicated members of Teamsters Local 89 at UPS Worldport who are playing a huge part in making America healthy today.
By LUCAS AULBACH
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — History landed in Louisville at 12:06 p.m. Sunday, in the back of a Boeing 757 airliner.
UPS Healthcare President Wes Wheeler called it “pretty magical.” Mayor Greg Fischer deemed it a “historic moment.” As the plane doors lifted, though, one UPS dock worker who watched the plane land had a more muted reaction — "The bird is here."
Now, it was time to start unloading the first U.S. shipment of coronavirus vaccines.