Trey Howard is 10 years old, and that Friday he was simply going with his dad and siblings to buy donuts in Philadelphia.
When the air ambulance crashed near their car, he didn’t hesitate: he covered his little sister with his own body and told her to duck. Seconds later, a metal fragment from the aircraft pierced the windshield and struck him directly in the head. His father, Andre Howard Jr., improvised a bandage with socks and a shirt while they waited for help.
Trey underwent emergency brain surgery. Doctors called his recovery miraculous. When he opened his eyes, before asking about himself, he wanted to know just one thing: whether he had managed to save his sister. She didn’t have so much as a scratch.
