WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET THERE.
MIKE TOBIN IN LVIV.
>> Sandra: AN AMERICAN COMPANY,
MIKE, THANK YOU, IS RESPONDING
TO UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY’S REQUEST, DONATING A
ZELENSKYY’S REQUEST, DONATING A
MILLION ROUNDS OF AMMO, FROM
MANITOWAC, WISCONSIN.
>> UNIQUE DONATION, IT’S NOT
FOOD, BLANKETS AND CLOTHING AND
TOILETRIES.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FLED THE
COUNTRY.
THIS IS GOING STRAIGHT TO THE
MEN AND WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINE,
AND THE AMMO THEY NEED THE MOST
IS FOR THE AK-47.
IT’S A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THIS
AMMUNITION HERE.
THIS IS NOW BEING SENT TO THE
FOLKS OVER THERE, A MILLION OF
THESE.
WHAT DOES A MILLION ROUNDS OF
AMMUNITION LOOK LIKE?
COME OVER HERE, LET’S SHOW YOU.
EACH OF THESE CRATES CARRIES
ABOUT 60,000 ROUNDS OF
AMMUNITION.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE
DIFFERENT, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE
MACHINE GUN ON THE APACHE
HELICOPTER, ON TOP OF THE TANK,
BUT RIGHT NOW THEY SHIPPED 16 OF
THESE CRATES OVER TO EUROPE
WHERE THEY ARE NOW WAITING TO
GET FINAL APPROVAL BEFORE THEY
ARE ALLOWED INTO UKRAINE, AND
THAT IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE C.E.O. OF AMMO, INC., SAYS
THIS DONATION IS FOR THE
UKRAINIAN FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.
>> PROVEN BY WATCHING TV EVERY
DAY THE UKRAINIANS ARE SMART
PEOPLE, HARD WORKING PEOPLE, AND
I THINK THEY WANT THEIR COUNTRY
TO BE FREE, AND I THINK THEY ARE
FIGHTING TO THE END, AND I THINK
THEY’LL PUT THIS AMMUNITION TO
GOOD USE.
>> SANDRA, MORE HELP COULD BE ON
THE WAY AS WELL.
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE
COMPANY HAS BEEN FLOODED WITH
REQUESTS FROM FOLKS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WHO WANT TO MAKE
DONATIONS FOR AMMUNITION OF
THEIR OWN TO HELP THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO
WERE JUST LIKE THEM AND ARE NOW
FIGHTING THE WORLD’S SUPER
POWER.
SANDRA.
>> John: GARRETT, IT’S JOHN.
ROUNDS, THEY ARE NOT REALLY
EXPENSIVE BUT NOT EXACTLY CHEAP
EITHER, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, YOU
KNOW, 30 AND $0.50 PER ROUND.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT SHIPPING A
MILLION ROUNDS TO UKRAINE, BY
THE TIME YOU MANUFACTURE THEM
AND ON BOARD TRANSPORT AND OVER
THERE, THAT’S A SUBSTANTIAL
INVESTMENT.
IS THE COMPANY SHOULDERING THE
ENTIRE COST OR ARE THEY ASKING
FOR DONATIONS?
>> JUST FOR THE BULLETS, TAKE
YOU OVER HERE AND SHOW IT TO
YOU, A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THIS,
THEY SAID JUST TO MAKE THESE IS
ABOUT 600 TO $700,000.
SHIPPING, WENT THROUGH A PRIVATE
COMPANY TO MAKE SURE IT GOT OVER
THERE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, THEY
FOOT ALL THE BILL.
AND NOW, BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD OF
REQUESTS THEY HAVE HAD FROM
FOLKS, TRYING TO LOOK INTO PLANS
AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE
EVEN FURTHER DONATIONS AND GET
THE DONATIONS TO THE FOLKS WHO
NEED THEM MOST AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
>> Sandra: GARRETT, MANITOWAC,
WISCONSIN, SOUTH OF GREEN BAY,
NORTH OF MILWAUKEE, AS A
MIDWESTERNER, I KNOW THEY ARE
PROUD, AND INTERESTING TO HEAR
THE COMPANY TALK ABOUT THE
UKRAINIANS SOMETHING THEY SHARE,
PROUD, HARD WORKING PEOPLE.
>> YEAH, AND ACROSS THE MIDWEST
THIS WEEK AND NORTH OUTSIDE OF
DULUTH, MINNESOTA THIS WEEK, AND
EVERY PERSON WE TALKED TO THERE
WANTED TO DO MORE TO HELP THE
FOLKS IN UKRAINE.
THEY APPRECIATED EVERYTHING
BEING DONE, HUMANITARIAN AID IS
DONE, BUT WANTED TO HAVE MORE OF
AN IMPACT AS THEY WATCH THESE
FOLKS FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES AND
THEIR FREEDOM AND THIS IS REALLY
UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT THIS IS
VERY MUCH GOING TO THAT WAR
EFFORT AND SOMETHING THAT RATHER
THAN TAX DOLLARS GOING TO PAY
FOR THAT, THIS IS GOING STRAIGHT
FROM AN AMERICAN COMPANY AND THE
FOLKS THAT WORK HERE TO THE