Out onto the field for jack is very emotional i did not think that we could experience what we experienced with jack. A lot of these milestones are basically a dream come true. [chanting] i prayed quite literally for this to happen in lieu of jack. We were all scared. We did not know really what the next step was. For this family, football gave them what the doctors never could. The courage to dream. The will to keep fighting. And a chance to do the unimaginable. If i had told you you are going to see your son play High School Football, what would you have thought back then . Bri and andy hoffman settled in atkinson, nebraska. So their three kids would know the joys of rural life. Jack, where you going to go . We go to play outside. Carefree fun. Operation ava . [laughs] [laughs] here we go. The great outdoors. Go to the barn. Her and as he told us seven years ago, andy hoffman had something he wanted his son jack to have too, a love for corn husker football. His First Birthday Party w
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