Electricity Comes Back Just Before Kickoff

Stoughton, MA – It was 4:45 pm, approximately an hour and 45 minutes before kickoff of Super Bowl 46 where the New York Giants would take on the New England Patriots.  For a die-hard Pats fan, what could go wrong?  Excitement built up in the air and a plate of wings on the way - what Patriots fans live for.  A local family describes to us the one thing that could go wrong in this situation.

“Our power went out,” Larry Davis told us.  “This is not a time to lose power.  Not right before the Super Bowl.”

Stoughton is merely twenty minutes from Gilette Stadium so you can only imagine what these folks were thinking.  “It wasn’t just me and my family either.  My wife and I had another couple over and my kids had some friends here too.  My parents were on their way,” Davis added. 

National Grid was quickly made aware of the issue that took power from 87 homes just before the Super Bowl.  Several trucks of workers were sent out to figure out the problem.  “The hardest part was going to be figuring out why the power went out.  There were no weather issues in the area that would have caused this,” said Gregory Nugnent, head of National Grid in the Norfolk County. 

At 6:08, National Grid had resolved the problem and power was restored for all 87 residents who had been spent 83 minutes in the dark.  The three National Grid workers who fixed the issue even made it back in time for kickoff. 

“We came to the conclusion that a beaver actually gnawed through some underground wires,” Nugnent explained.  The wires generally sit about a foot underground.  Nugnent added that “there was a hole about a foot deep and they could see teeth marks on the wires.  It was definitely beaver teeth marks – no doubt about it.”