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The youngest survivor of this month's deadly plane crash in Alaska will be honored by the Washington Redskins prior to their preseason clash with the Baltimore Ravens tomorrow night.

13-year-old Willy Phillips was one of four survivors of the Aug. 9 plane crash, which killed five people, including former Senator Ted Stevens and Phillips's father, attorney and lobbyist Bill Phillips. Willy, who suffered a broken ankle in the crash, would have been a first-year offensive/defensive tackle on the MSFL Lions of the Rockville Football League. The Lions were invited to scrimmage on the FedEx Field turf at halftime of Saturday's exhibition game against a team from Prince George's County at the beginning of August, according to the team's head coach, John Strittmatter.

"The kids are all rallying around Willy," said Strittmatter of his 20-man team. "What the Redskins are doing for him is unbelievable."

"It was very tough for me to ask Willy if he wanted to do this," Strittmatter continued, "so I went to Willy's older brother Andrew and asked him to approach Willy. This was while he was still [recovering] in Alaska. Andrew came back and told me that Willy's whole face just lit up. And when I gave him his ticket to the game, he looked at me and said 'thank you so much.'"

In addition to scrimmaging at halftime, all the Lions, including Willy, will be introduced prior to the national anthem. The game is scheduled to kick off at 7:00.

"The kids are ecstatic," Strittmatter said. "Even though they'll only be out there for a very short time, they're still very excited."

Bill Phillips's funeral was held today at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Potomac, Md. He and his wife Janet had four sons, of whom Willy was the youngest. All three of his older brothers, Andrew, Colter, and Paul play Division I college football. Andrew is a fifth-year senior guard at Stanford. Colter is a sophomore tight end at Virginia, while Paul is a freshman tight end at Indiana. The elder Phillips played college football at the University of Evansville in the 1970s.

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