The fundamental question that existed in my life from the time I was this big was why?

In any explanation that I got, I asked the question why.

In 1958, a woman named Sarah Little Turnbull stood in the director's room at the 3am

company. And in true Peggy Olson Madman style, she pitched a room full of men, a presentation

called Why?

The presentation centered around this question. Why should 3am go into the non-woven business?

Non-woven. She was talking about the way many everyday products were manufactured. All sorts

of things from ribbons to gloves to masks were made out of woven material, like cloth. Fibers

woven together one over the other with tiny little gaps in between the threads.

But a new high-tech material had recently appeared on the market, which had polymers that were

melted together, hence the term non-woven.

Sarah had a lot of ideas about what to do with it. And after her presentation, 3am decided

on one idea in particular. They asked Sarah to design a molded bra cup. That's right, a

bra cup using this non-woven material.

Along with the design for the bra cup, Sarah came back to them with something else, something

revolutionary. It was a prototype for what would eventually become one of our most important

defenses in the fight against COVID-19, the N95 Mask.

No, no, no, no. Just something. Okay, so...

Okay, so yeah, so the N95 Mask is this circular mask that's semi-rigid and it's got two

straps attached and it's supposed to affix tightly to your face. There's usually a metal

clip on the nose that helps seal the gap between your face and the mask.

What is the shape reminds you of? Is there a menu of anything?

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