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Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium on a cold December afternoon. 76,000 people packed into the stands wearing red and gold, their voices creating that roar that made this place legendary. And Taylor Swift sat in the friends and family suite with Donna, Kelsey, and Kylie, watching Travis line up for what should have been a routine play. The Chiefs were up by 10 points against the Raiders. The game was practically won and Travis had already caught two touchdowns, was having the kind of day that reminded everyone why he was one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history. Taylor was smiling, cheering, her voice from screaming all game. And then everything happened so fast and so slow at the same time that later she wouldn’t be able to remember the sequence.Just the feeling of her heart stopping in her chest. Travis caught the ball, turned up field, and a Raiders linebacker came at him from the side while another hit him low. And Taylor saw Travis’s right leg bend in a way that leg should never bend, saw him go down hard, saw the ball pop loose, but nobody was celebrating the fumble because everyone on the field had gone quiet.Everyone had stopped moving, and Travis wasn’t getting up. He was on the ground holding his knee, and even from the sweet Taylor could see that something was very wrong. could see it in the way his teammates were waving frantically for the medical staff. Could see it in Patrick Mahomes’s face as he knelt down next to Travis.Taylor was on her feet before she even realized she’d moved. Was pushing past Donna, ignoring Kylie’s Taylor Wait, was running down the sweet corridor toward the stairs that would take her to field level. Security tried to stop her at the bottom of the stairs. This big guy in a chief’s polo holding up his hand, saying, “Ma’am, you can’t go down there.” But Taylor wasn’t hearing any of it. “That’s my fiance,” she screamed, and her voice came out raw and desperate and completely not caring who heard her or what cameras were on her. “That’s Travis Kelsey, and I need to get to him right now.” The security guard looked uncertain, probably recognizing her, but also knowing his job, and Taylor was about to physically fight her way past him when Andy Reed, the Chief’s head coach, appeared and nodded at the guard….See more ⤵️
It was supposed to be another perfect Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium — a cold December afternoon, 76,000 fans roaring in unison, the sea of red...
