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About two hours before Sunday’s kickoff, Patrick Vanier grilled chicken wings and Polish sausage with his family at the Waldron Deck lot outside Soldier Field. The temperature was 5 degrees.
Vanier, who lives in Hammond, Indiana, took the train up to Chicago to bring his son, Elio, to his first Bears game.
“It’s a must-win game today,” said Vanier, 44 a Beverly native. “But they’ve got it, they’ve gotta get it done.”
Elio, 10, said he was excited to see the Bears play in person for the first time, even though it was “insanely cold.