This is a remarkably touching story. Little 6 year old Ben Sarrat died early today of a rare and inoperable brain tumor. Ben suffered from this rare form of cancer that strikes about 200 children annually. Ben's amazing battle against this disease not only caught the eye of family and friends but his school family and the New Orleans Saints as well.
Ben, like all little boys from this area, loves the Saints, thinks Drew Brees is the best QB ever and cheered his football heroes on through this Super Bowl season. In fact, at a game earlier this year, when the Saints played and defeated the New York Jets, Ben was the honorary captain. He walked out on that field with Drew Brees and his dad and led the Saints during the introductions and coin toss.
Ben brought some powerful good luck to the Saints and they have been keeping up with him all season long. While the Saints were Ben's heroes many of the NFL Super Bowl champs have called Ben their hero. And Ben's fellow students at St. Andrew the Apostle School have been too. Inspired by their friend and classmate, these young students raised thousands of dollars on Ben's behalf for cancer research. I can only imagine how much he will be missed at St. Andrew's.
And we certainly want to remember here Ben's mom & dad who stayed by their little boy's side and loved him and cared for him and now miss him terribly as their little boy returns to God.
The family asks that we continue to honor Ben's memory with donations for cancer research to the organization thecurestartsnow.org.
Please go to the website wwltv.com for more information and two very moving and touching videos.
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