“The New England Patriots aren’t playing in the Super Bowl this year, but one of their team planes will be making the trip to Tampa, Florida.
Approximately 7,500 health care workers from across the country will be in attendance as honorary guests of the NFL Sunday for the big game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs. They’ll be honored for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Seventy-six of those heroes from all six New England states will be flying to Florida from New England aboard one of the team’s ‘AirKraft.’
‘The mission of this trip is two-fold: to recognize and thank a representative group of the countless health care superheroes in New England, and to celebrate and spread the important message of getting vaccinated,’ the team said in a statement.
New England became the first NFL team to own their own jets, purchasing two Boeing 767s in 2017.
In April, when the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a shortage of personal protective equipment, one of the team planes was used to deliver about 1.2 million N95 masks to Boston from China.”
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