Andy Hoffman seemed to be getting better.
The recently retired attorney from Atkinson, Nebraska, had been diagnosed with a massive brain tumor in July after he became ill during a jog. It was the same diagnosis his son Jack had faced nine years earlier.
Jack, then 7, became famous in 2013 when he ran for a 69-yard touchdown during Nebraska’s spring football game. Jack is now a 15-year-old freshman at West Holt High School in Atkinson, and his cancer is in remission.
After Jack’s story was shared across the country, Andy and his wife, Brianna, launched the Team Jack Foundation, which has pledged nearly $8.