Almost 70 emergency calls had been made by NFL followers who suffered with frostbite through the freezing circumstances within the Kansas City Chiefs’ playoff conflict.
The reigning Super Bowl champions took on the Miami Dolphins this previous Saturday (January 13) in an NFL wildcard playoff recreation in record-breaking freezing climate.
While the Chiefs got here out on prime in a hefty 26-7 victory, it definitely wasn’t a cheerful ending for among the followers inside Arrowhead Stadium who had been pressured to endure the -4 temperature at kickoff.
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Predictions prior the conflict estimated a wind chill temperate as little as -24F (-31c) in Kansas City as Saturday’s recreation grew to become the fourth-coldest kickoff temperature in NFL historical past and the coldest ever performed at Arrowhead Stadium.
While most of the 71,492 followers who braved the chilling components returned residence safely, in keeping with KMBC, the Kansas City Fire Department acquired a whopping 69 calls from followers contained in the stadium or within the parking zone with half of the callers affected by hypothermia.
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KCFD had been pressured to move 15 folks from the sport to a neighborhood hospital as seven followers acquired remedy for hypothermia whereas one other three had been handled for frostbite. The hospital journeys come after some followers on social media urged for the sport to be postponed as a result of bone-chilling climate circumstances.
Hypothermia and frostbite are critical circumstances with the latter capable of kill physique tissue by way of freezing and often results uncovered areas just like the fingers, toes, nostril, ears, cheeks and chin.
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Despite the chilly climate, the house facet loved a cushty victory over their AFC rivals as their run to a second consecutive Super Bowl continues.
The Buffalo Bills are subsequent up for the defending champions and after a 31-17 victory over Mike Tomlin’s Pittsburgh Steelers, the arrogance of Bills Mafia shall be sky-high as they try to succeed in the AFC Championship however should get by way of Patrick Mahomes and his merry males of the Kansas City Chiefs.