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The Howard family has gone viral over the last 72 hours following an amazing survival story stemming from the Northeast Philadelphia plane crash. If you haven’t seen this yet, a dad named Andre promised his kids they would get donuts on Friday after school. The family was leaving the Dunkin on Cottman Avenue when the medical jet came down, the debris striking Andre’s 10-year-old son, Trey, in the head. This is from Stephanie Ramos at ABC News:
“Sounded like a missile was firing bullets, metal at my car, everyone else’s car,” Andre recalled. “You see a car on fire, a man walking on fire. It was just crazy.”
He immediately backed up his car while his son Trey covered his little sister, protecting her.
“I turn around and he has metal outside of his head,” Andre described.
He said he used socks and another man’s shirt to try and stop the bleeding.
A police officer then rushed them to the hospital, where Trey had emergency brain surgery.
That night, Andre says the family was told, “it was a strong chance he might not survive.”
Miraculously, he’s now awake and recovering — even talking!
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“He asked me, ‘Daddy, what’s today?’ I was like, ‘Monday.’ ‘OK, wait. We didn’t play yesterday did we?’ ‘No, you didn’t miss the Super Bowl,'” Andre said, describing his son as a die-hard Eagles fan.
Trey saved his sister and continues to recover at CHOP.
He was visited by his teachers this week, along with Tyrese Maxey, who is one of his favorite basketball players. He also got a special message from A.J. Brown on Twitter:
Speedy recovery!
You are a Hero young man!
I’m going to come see you when I get back. Hopefully with some hardware. Playing for you on Sunday my man https://t.co/pUtf2Zsoh2— AJ BROWN (@1kalwaysopen_) February 5, 2025
A GoFund Me has been put together for the Howard family, with more than $67,000 already raised. The goal is $80,000 and you can donate here.
Win it for Trey on Sunday.
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