The First American Airport
About 5,000 miles away from London, the garments were first used at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 2019. It had been the first US airport to use the items, but it was certainly not the last. Data showed that Americans would benefit from using the sunflower garment! But what on earth was it for?
Benefiting American Adults
Sea-Tac rolled out this system in October 2019. They did this because it could help a lot of people who use the airport. In 2018, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that one in four adults in the United States would qualify to put on the lanyard. As you can see, a big chunk of the population would benefit from such a system. On top of that, the figure did not even factor kids in yet!