As guests of the Kraft family, 76 healthcare heroes are Bowl bound.
Earlier this week, Robert Kraft called to personally invite some of these heroes and thank them for their work fighting COVID-19. New England Patriots (@Patriots) February 2, 2021
The red, white and blue Patriot plane will take the health care workers down and back. Nick Duncan, director of emergency medical management at Tufts Medical Center, will be on board, too. Desperately needed supplies have arrived after the Patriots plane traveled to China to retrieve 1.7 million N95 masks.
“It is unique, right? They delivered the PPE that we were all talking about back in March and now here we are taking it to the Super Bowl as kind of a joyous celebration,” Duncan said.
Updated on February 2, 2021 at 7:59 pm
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As a gesture of gratitude for their hard work through the coronavirus pandemic, Patriots owner Robert Kraft invited dozens of health care workers from New England to fly to Super Bowl LV with him as his guests.
The Patriots announced the move Tuesday, five days ahead of the game that pits the team s greatest-ever player, Tom Brady, and his new team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, against Patrick Mahomes and the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs.
The health care workers, who have all been vaccinated and come from across New England, will fly with Kraft and his family on the team plane for the all-expenses paid trip Sunday. The workers were told over a video call Monday, and many seemed taken aback to learn they were joined by Kraft, then at his offer.