FOXBORO, MASS. (WHDH) - The mass vaccination site at Gillette reached a milestone Tuesday as they gave out their 65,878 shot — that’s enough to fill every seat in the stadium.
The recipient of the special dose was 79-year-old Brigette Peters of Uxbridge and along with her vaccine, she was given two tickets to the 2021 Patriots season opener.
“To save my life and everybody’s life… it’s important, I wish everyone thought like that,” Peters said. “That’s exciting it does not come up all the time in your life, watch when I tell my grandkids, they’ll be more excited than me I think,” Peters said.
It was a big moment for her and her daughter, Nancy Ballou, who used the buddy system to get vaccinated too.
“An elderly person to drive this far is not easy. So, I said, ‘Mom, I can get mine as well.’ So she was more excited because that means I can see her more after this,” Ballou said. “This was beyond belief. Things like this don’t happen to us.”
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The site opened about a month ago and since then, has been able to start administering more than 4,000 shots every day, according to CIC Health.
Peters said she is only “kind of” a Patriots fan but if spectators are allowed at the game next year, she’ll be there.
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