It was a normal Friday night at Soans Christian Academy in Northeast Philadelphia. As the day was winding down, 10-year-old Andre Howard III's dad arrived to pick him up. "It's crazy how you say goodbye to one person and then finding out the next day you don't know if you're going to say hello again," Tatiana Rodriguez said.

A grade schooler is being credited for saving his sister from falling debris during the northeast Philadelphia plane crash on Jan. 31, 2025 that left seven people dead.

The family of a 10-year-old boy who was injured by flying debris following the deadly plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia called him a “hero” for protecting his younger sister.