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The chain started with a conversation between friends. José Antonio Butrón, 13 times Spanish motocross champion, received a call from a friend of his, a doctor at a hospital in the province of Cádiz, with a request: "Could you leave me one of your glasses, those so big that you use to do not jump the earth to your eyes? ". And there the pilot discovered that he could help fight the coronavirus. Instead of handing out a pair of glasses, he turned in a score and via Instagram encouraged all his friends and followers to do the same. "Why do you want them stored at home now?" Asked two-time Dakar rally champion Nani Roma.

As soon as he saw the tweet, Rome brought his dozens of motocross goggles to the Vic health center and to a residence in Prat del Lluçanés, the town closest to his farmhouse, and went further: also through social networks he began to coordinate a relief movement of all interested pilots. "I just want to give back a little bit of everything the toilets are doing for us. They are on the front line with their chests exposed and that makes me very angry. Our help is very small compared to everything they are doing for us," says Roma, who invited other pilots known as Laia Sanz or the Márquez brothers to the campaign.

Sanz, who collected dozens of glasses, quickly involved his sponsor, 100percent, and continued the chain. "The health personnel are working without material, especially in the residences and primary care centers, and that is why the initiative by Butrón and Nani Roma seemed a great idea. They are surely not the approved glasses, but it will be better than nothing. I hope that all those who ride motorcycles will be encouraged to send material to health personnel, "says Sanz, who details the requests received from the recipients of the glasses: before taking them to health centers, donors wash them in detail and put the transparent visor on.

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