No longer the invincible icon of the field, Tom Brady stood still beside the tiny white casket of 8-year-old Kellyanne Lytal — daughter of Trinity’s assistant coach, lost in Texas’ devastating floods. In the soft rain and mournful organ music, he knelt down, placed his hand on the flower-covered lid, and shook with sobs too deep to hide. The man who once stood strong before millions crumbled before the loss of a child. One mourner whispered, “I’ve never seen Tom this broken — like part of his heart was swept away in the flood, too.”
Tom Brady’s Heartbreak at the Funeral of Young Kellyanne Lytal Tom Brady, once the invincible titan of the football field, showed a raw and vulnerable side that few had ever seen. Standing beside the tiny white casket of 8-year-old Kellyanne Lytal—daughter of Trinity’s assistant coach and a victim of Texas’ catastrophic floods—Brady’s stoic facade shattered. […]