that s trey morrison, standing with his mom rachel and little brother luke. all three waving for the camera. at the game and on the milwaukee brewers big screen. there to celebrate trey s 12th birthday, and to honor their dad. just listen. recognizing today s hero, colonel jay morrison. reporter: their dad is colonel jay morrison, most recently serving in kuwait. gone for an entire year. here with trey, right before he deployed last july, showing off trey s honor roll certificate. colonel morrison has had to miss so many milestones, like birthdays, sending messages from overseas. i m very proud of the man that you re becoming and know that i always carry you in my heart. i love you, buddy. reporter: but when colonel morrison and his wife heard he d be back in time this year well, just watch. colonel morrison has missed trey s last three birthdays. but today, we have a special surprise.
fires into the end zone. touchdown. go. he made that video because he didn t like how the kids here at school were treating me. it was a little video to kind of show the kids at school that he was my friend and kind of took off. i m j.j. watt. this is my buddy trey. watt posted it on instagram and facebook. the next day i got a call. j.j., i m so popular. everybody in the school sees the video. this went viral. did you see it. yeah, buddy, i saw it. not only account video prove trey and watt were friends it showed off trey s passing arm. how many takes did you have to do to get the pass. it was the first take. i ran out. he hit me in stride. i threw the pass to show, anybody in the nfl, i d be a great quarterback for texas. what s up? so when watt organized a softball game with fellow nfl play attorneys raise money who better to throw out the first pitch than his friend trey. after i saw his arm and i was like, i got the perfect guy and trey so i asked trey.
touchdown. go. he made that video because he didn t like how the kids here at school were treating me. it was a little video to kind of show the kids at school that he was my friend and kind of took off. i m j.j. watt. this is my buddy trey. watt posted it on instagram and facebook. the next day i got a call. j.j., i m so popular. everybody in the school sees the video. this went viral. did you see it. yeah, buddy, i saw it. not only account video prove trey and watt were friends it showed off trey s passing arm. how many takes did you have to do to get the pass. it was the first take. i ran out. he hit me in stride. i threw the pass to show, anybody in the nfl, i d be a great quarterback for texas. what s up? so when watt organized a softball game with fellow nfl