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Robert Kraft arranged for Virginia to attend slain players’ services via Patriots plane

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft showed great compassion and generosity when it came to the University of Virginia and its football team.

According to a team spokesperson, Kraft did cover the costs of the Patriots charter plane for the Cavaliers team and staff so they could attend the funerals of the three players killed on campus two weeks ago.

The three Cavaliers football players shot and killed were junior receiver Lavel Davis Jr. of Dorchester, South Carolina; junior receiver Devin Chandler of Huntersville, North Carolina; and junior defensive end/linebacker D’Sean Perry of Miami.

Over the weekend, one of the two Patriots team planes was spotted in Virginia and then in Florida, where services were held for Perry.