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Going to the stadium with ski equipment: The extreme cold made it difficult for the fans of the Kansas City Chiefs against Miami.
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Due to the extreme cold during the playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins, fans had their toes and fingers amputated after suffering frostbite.
A Missouri hospital has now announced this.
Research Medical Center did not provide exact numbers but said in a statement that it has treated dozens of people who suffered frostbite during an 11-day cold snap in the Kansas City area in January.
Twelve of those people - including some who were at the Jan. 13 game - required amputations, mostly of their fingers and toes.
The hospital also said additional surgeries are expected in the next two to four weeks.
Also Taylor Swift in the stadium
The University of Kansas Hospital also treated frostbite victims after the game but reported no amputations.
The wild card game was played on the same day that the Buffalo Bills were scheduled to host the Pittsburgh Steelers.
However, the game was postponed by a day because a snowstorm in New York dropped up to 2 feet (0.61 meters) of snow, making travel to the game too dangerous.
During the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins it was as cold as minus 20 degrees Celsius, and due to the wind the temperature in Arrowhead Stadium felt like it was minus 33 degrees Celsius.
However, the cold record is still held by a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys from 1967, when the perceived temperature was said to have been minus 44 degrees Celsius.
The Chiefs around quarterback star Patrick Mahomes won the game against the Miami Dolphins and won the Super Bowl again in February.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift was also at the stadium in January.
Chiefs professional Travis Kelce's girlfriend watched the game from a heated box.
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