Philadelphia boy praised as hero for shielding sister during plane crash
2025-02-04
Category: america

A 10-year-old boy who was hospitalized following the Philadelphia medical jet crash is being hailed as a hero for saving his sister's life. Andre Howard III, who goes by "Trey" according to FOX 29, was on an after-school doughnut run with his dad and sister Friday in the area of the disaster that left a large, gaping crater on Cottman Avenue on the city's northeast side.&nbsp; Trey's dad told local media outlets that as debris from the crash fell to the ground, the grade schooler shielded his sister, likely saving her life. "Heard what we thought was a car crash, but then you see a fury of fire in the air, then a bunch of debris shooting everywhere," Trey's dad told ABC 6 Action News.&nbsp; NUMBER INJURED FOLLOWING PHILADELPHIA PLANE CRASH INCREASES TO 24, SOME REMAIN HOSPITALIZED  "My son, who's named after me, Andre Howard, tells his little sister, 'Get down.' And he grabs her. I hear the glass shatter. I turn around, there's a piece of metal sticking out of my son's head from the plane," he continued. Trey underwent emergency brain surgery as a result of his injury, but reports say he was last in stable condition at a children's hospital. MAN HIT IN HEAD BY DEBRIS FROM PHILADELPHIA PLANE CRASH THAT BROKE THROUGH DINER WINDOW  On Monday, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said 24 people were injured as a result of the plane crash and four were still hospitalized. Two of them critical, two stable, she said. Seven people died as a result of the crash; six Mexican nationals in the jet and a person in a car. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Newly-appointed U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was in Philadelphia on Monday, where he said a preliminary report on the crash should be available "within 30 days" and the jet's black box was on its way to Washington, D.C.&nbsp;