Andre is said to have been among the first patients to arrive at Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, according to 6abc Philadelphia. Lashawn Hamiel, Andre’s distraught mother, told 6abc Philadelphia,
“My baby’s in there.” “Seeing him like that is difficult,” she said, her eyes welling with tears. “What am I meant to do as a mother? He’s excellent, however. He is persevering.
At first, Andre’s father, who goes by Andre, believed the aircraft to be a vehicle accident. “But then you see a flurry of fire in the air and then a bunch of debris shooting everywhere,” he said.
He went on to describe the specifics of his kid’s injury: “My son tells his younger sister to get down and he grabs her.” When I turn around after hearing the glass break,
I saw a chunk of metal protruding from my son’s skull from the aircraft. But the boy’s father gives a hopeful signal, saying,
