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Patriots owner gifts Super Bowl tickets to LaPorta family

Robert Kraft honored fallen officer Stephen LaPorta by gifting his family tickets to Super Bowl LX, where the Patriots will face the Seahawks in Santa Clara, California.

  • On Tuesday, Robert Kraft surprised Shannon LaPorta and her son Matthew with Super Bowl LX tickets during a staged reveal, leading them to believe they were at Gillette Stadium.
  • On Jan. 7, Officer Stephen LaPorta was struck and killed while aiding a motorist on icy Route 146, and hundreds attended his Jan. 15 funeral at St. Mary's Parish in Franklin.
  • A Patriots video shows Kraft presenting an oversized commemorative ticket and guiding Shannon LaPorta and 13-year-old Matthew LaPorta on a locker-room tour where Matthew tried on Super Bowl rings and posed with trophies.
  • The trip was presented as a tribute, with Robert Kraft telling Shannon LaPorta and Matthew LaPorta, `We're sending you there in Dad's honor,` as the Patriots make their first Super Bowl appearance since Super Bowl LIII.
  • Beyond the surprise, Robert Kraft, New England Patriots owner, amplified Uxbridge community benefit events and the LaPorta Family Trust at Savers Bank while raising national visibility with Super Bowl LX tickets.
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Patriots owner surprises family of fallen Massachusetts police officer with Super Bowl tickets

Robert Kraft surprised the family of Uxbridge officer Stephen LaPorta with Super Bowl LX tickets as a way to honor the fallen officer.

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