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Lions, Staffords give first responders free tickets

Kelly and Matthew Stafford joined the Detroit Lions tonight in thanking police, firefighters and emergency medical technicians by presenting them with about 2,000 tickets to an exhibition game at Ford Field.

Team president Rod Wood joined Kelly Stafford to greet the first responders from Allen Park, Dearborn and Detroit and their families before they watched tonight’s practice.

“Kelly and Matthew approached us and said they wanted to do this,” Wood said. “We have tonight police and firemen and first responders, EMT specialists here and they wanted to be out there to greet them.

“And then we gave everybody that was line two tickets to one of our preseason games at home.