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Roger Goodell Surprises Baltimore Doctor with Super Bowl Tickets

Dr. Hazim El-Haddad was busy working at Baltimore's LifeBridge Health on Saturday when he received a surprise FaceTime call from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

El-Haddad, who didn't have a strong connection, saw an unknown number pop up on his screen. He decided to answer but told the mysterious caller that he didn't have time to talk. When the caller repeated his name, El-Haddad was shocked to hear Goodell talking to him.

Goodell called El-Haddad, a cardiologist and Ravens ticket holder, to surprise him with tickets to Super Bowl LV in Tampa Bay.

“We wanted to sort of tell you how much we appreciate what you're doing on the frontlines and how you're fighting every day in making people better,” Goodell told El-Haddad.