Young Philadelphia Plane Crash Victim Saves Sister
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The medical transport jet crash that recently just happened in Northeast Philly is currently under investigation. The plane crash as injured 24 people and took the lives of seven.
The family of a 10-year-old boy injured when the jet crashed down near their car is sharing their experience. “My baby is in there. It’s hard seeing him like that,” said the boys mother Lashawn Hamiel. Trey Howard was one of the 24 survivors, despite being seriously injured.
Andre Howard Jr, the father of Trey Howard, said he was picking up donuts with three of his kids, ages 4,7, and 10, when the jet came crashing down. “Sounded like a missile was firing bullets, metal at my car, everyone else’s car,” Andre recalled. “You could see a car on fire, a man walking on fire, it was just crazy.” He immediately backed up his car while his son Trey was covering his little sister, protecting her.
After Trey protecting his sister, the boy suffered from metal going through the outside of his head. Andre tried to stop the bleeding with socks and another man’s t-shirt. That night in the hospital, Trey’s family was told it was a strong chance that the boy would not make it. However, he miraculously is awake and recovering.
Andre told ABC News that his son’s first words after recovery were about the Super Bowl. “He asked me ‘Daddy, whats today?’ I was like ‘Monday.’ ‘OK, wait, we didn’t play yesterday did we?’ ‘No you didn’t miss the Super Bowl’”
He then asked about how he sister was doing and if he was able to save her. “Daddy, did I save my sister?” He told his father in the hospital.
Trey was joined in the hospital with some familiar players from the 76ers, including Tyrese Maxey. He is still currently in the hospital recovery with his family around him.
