Chiefs fans that suffered frostbite at 4th-coldest game in NFL history now face possibility of amputation

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Some Kansas City Chiefs fans are paying a serious price for seeing their team make their way to the Super Bowl.  

The Chiefs defeated the Miami Dolphins at Arrowhead Stadium in a wildcard game in January, when temperatures reached minus-4 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of minus-27 degrees.

A fan holds a sign during the AFC Wild Card Playoffs between the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 13, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. (David Eulitt/Getty Images)

The freezing temps marked the fourth-coldest game in NFL history, but it did not stop the Chiefs’ nation from making an appearance. 

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Now, some of those fans are paying the price. 

Grossman Burn Center at Research Medical Center in Kansas City saw an uptick in frostbite cases in January, and the center’s director, Dr. Megan Garcia, told FOX 4 that 70% of those patients are now being advised to schedule amputations. 

"People think of burns, they think of fire, they think of hot thermal injuries. But burns can happen from many different causes," she told the outlet. 

Fans cheer during an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 13, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Kara Durrette/Getty Images)

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According to the report, the majority of those cases were fans who attended the game, including one fan who suffered frostbite after just taking his gloves off for five minutes in order to set up a tent in the parking lot. 

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