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Robert Kraft sends Patriots airplane to pick up Stoneman Douglas students for anti gun violence rally

When the New England Patriots bought their two Boing 767s last summer, the thought was that they would carry the team – players, coaches, staff – to its road games and back to Providence. However, one of the $10 million aircrafts is used differently these days. As first reported by WBZ CBS Boston, team owner Robert Kraft lent the plane to pick up students from Parkland, Florida's Marjory Stoneman-Douglas High School.

The school was hit by one of the deadliest school massacres in U.S. history last month: the attack left 17 people dead and multiple students and teachers injured.