FOXBORO — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft made sure that the memory of one of his team’s most ardent fans, an 18-year-old college-bound student from Sharon, took center stage at Gillette Stadium ahead of Monday night’s divisional tilt against the Buffalo Bills.
Ezra Schwartz, who was in the process of spending a “gap year in Israel,” was killed Thursday when a Palestinian man opened fire on cars stuck in traffic in the West Bank. ESPN’s Monday Night Football coverage did not air the Patriot’s tribute to Schwartz and his family, which included a moment of silence, but Sussex Friends of Israel, a British-based advocacy organization, posted a video of the proceedings to its Facebook page:
Some tweeted comments both moving and tongue-in-cheek:
This is probably the most Jews who have ever watched a @Patriots game. I bet Ezra Schwartz would be okay with that legacy. — Ari Massefski (@AriMassefski) November 24, 2015
As reported by various media outlets, it took three days for the administration of President Barack Obama to release a statement acknowledging Schwartz’s killing.
(Courtesy – Twitter) 
