Kansas City Chiefs fans need AMPUTATIONS from frostbite after sitting through negative 27 wind chill to cheer Travis Kelce’s team in January 13 playoff game vs. Miami Dolphins

Kansas City Chiefs fans who attended one of the coldest NFL games in history in January may now need amputations due to frostbite.

The Chiefs defeated the Miami Dolphins 26-9 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Jan. 13 in temperatures below four degrees, but with a wind chill of minus 27.

The game has become the coldest in Arrowhead history and the fourth coldest in NFL history. And it has emerged that almost two months later, some devoted fans are still paying a high price for their support.

Fox4KC reported this that 70% of the people who suffered frostbite throughout Kansas City during that cold snap are now being advised to schedule amputations and that “the vast majority” of that number were at the Chiefs game.

FOX4KC also shared a photo of a fan with frozen fingers after taking off a glove for 30 minutes to try to put together a tent, presumably for tailgating – many Chiefs fans were still lining up to get in on the morning of the competition, despite the extreme conditions.

One fan had frozen fingers after taking off a glove for 30 minutes on the day of the game

Travis Kelce said conditions were ‘shocking’ after the game, which the Chiefs won 26-9

Taylor Swift was at the game and greeted hardcore fans at Arrowhead Stadium

“The patients who had their frostbite injuries during the Chiefs game are just getting to the point as we start talking about their amputations that may be required,” said Dr. Megan Garcia of the Grossman Burn Center in Missouri. .

“People think of burns, they think of fire, they think of hot thermal injuries. But burns can be caused by many different causes.’

And fans who didn’t have to take such extensive measures still required significant treatment, including “weeks” in an oxygen tank to recover.

Garcia added, “It’s still a lifelong process. They will have tenderness and pain for the rest of their lives and will always be more susceptible to frostbite in the future.”

Travis Kelce, who played for the Chiefs that night, said he was amazed at the conditions the teams played in.

“It was shocking how cold it was,” he said on his New Heights podcast the following week.

“That was probably the first game I ever caught myself, even on a car ride, when I was taken for a play, like running to the heater to warm up my hands and feet in an attempt to regain feeling. It was so terribly cold.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid went viral when his mustache appeared to freeze during the game

“It was almost like it was so cold that the wind never hit you. It just slid down your icy face. It was crazy, man.”

Kelce’s girlfriend, Taylor Swift, still made the game, but cheered him on from the warmth of a luxury suite.

She was pictured at one point reaching out through a window and high-fiving the hardcore Chiefs fans nearby.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid, meanwhile, went viral after his mustache appeared to freeze while he was on the sidelines.