The Super Bowl is on Sunday, and I'll be rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs -- exclusively because they are not the Philadelphia Eagles. As a casual fan of the lowly New York Giants, I went into the NFL playoffs pulling for the Detroit Lions and the Buffalo Bills, hoping that at least one of those long-suffering fan bases would finally experience glory. It wasn't meant to be. America will be stuck watching a rematch that no one wanted, beyond fans of the two competing teams (and even they probably would have each preferred a different opponent). Regardless, because the Eagles must be opposed, and because their fans are criminals (google the in-stadium courtroom), I have no choice but to side with KC. Sorry, these are the rules.
If you'd told me that something -- anything -- might soften my stance on this, I'd have laughed you off. But this story may have somehow done the trick. What an incredible kid:
Kid was out picking up donuts with Dad, shields his sister from shrapnel from a plane crash in the parking lot, ends up in emergency brain surgery, wakes to ask if he saved his sister and is pumped to know he didn’t miss the Eagles in the Super Bowl. I couldn’t be happier for him https://t.co/ts1TuwQpqH
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) February 5, 2025
Andre says 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 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! "They did an A+ job on my son. Praise God, they did a great job," Andre said.
Andre told ABC News that his son's first real words were about the Super Bowl..."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. He was also concerned for his little sister. "It had me crying," Andre said, recalling when Trey asked, "Daddy, did I save my sister?" "'You told us to get down. I was just trying to help my sister.. next thing I know, I thought I died,'" Andre said his son told him in the hospital...To lift his spirits, one of Trey's favorite NBA players, 76ers Tyrese Maxey, visited him in the hospital. Trey's family says they're grateful for everyone's support and, of course, to still have their boy. The young superhero is continuing his recovery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
"Playing for you on Sunday my man."
— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) February 5, 2025
A.J. Brown took to social media when he heard about the 10-year-old boy who protected his sister from the plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia.https://t.co/712SESlAYL
Speedy recovery!
— AJ BROWN (@1kalwaysopen_) February 5, 2025
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
I'm still with the Chiefs this weekend, admittedly, but there will be a previously-undiscovered part of me that will be happy for this kid and his family if Philly prevails. God bless him. The game kicks off around 6:30pm ET, airing on FOX. Kansas City is very narrowly favored. The epic event is being hosted in New Orleans, which is still reeling and recovering from a deadly ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in the wee hours of the morning on New Year's Day. That terrible atrocity kicked off a difficult month, with the Philadelphia plane crash mentioned above happening on January's final day.
