Last Sunday, Dionne Hamilton was at work, cleaning COVID-19 patient rooms in an intensive care unit at Berkshire Medical Center.
This Sunday, she will be aboard the New England Patriotsâ plane to Florida, on her way to watch Tom Brady play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV.
âMy manager called, and I said, âDonât tell me I won a ticket to the Super Bowl!ââ she remembered. âI think I blew out their eardrums.â
Robert and Jonathan Kraft, the owners of the New England Patriots â thatâs Bradyâs longtime former team â announced this week that they would fly 76 New England health care workers to the event in Tampa, Fla. â a gesture meant to recognize the efforts of hospital staff and to promote vaccinations.