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“#Jason Garrett forever inspired by brave, young cancer victim<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The cancer had come back, and this time there would be no beating it for Luke Laufenberg. He would have only hours to live now, his father Babe by his side during those heartbreaking final days at Children\u2019s Medical Center Dallas \u2014 because Burkitt lymphoma doesn\u2019t care if you are only 21 years old and doesn\u2019t care if you had been so close to realizing your college football dream.<\/p>\n

Jason Garrett was the head coach of the Cowboys and has known Babe Laufenberg for almost three decades, the two of them backup quarterbacks for Jerry Jones only a year apart. Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, Calif., had broken, and at the end of another exhausting day as coach of America\u2019s Team, here was Garrett, walking into the hospital room to comfort his friend and his friend\u2019s son, around 11 o\u2019clock at night. For the third straight night.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018What are you doing?\u2019\u200a\u201d Babe Laufenberg asked Garrett. \u201cAnd he stayed for two hours, and he had to get up 5 in the morning the next morning and do his job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garrett and his wife Brill had been a support system when Luke Laufenberg was first diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He had beaten it, overcome the loss of more than 50 pounds, been declared cancer-free in May 2018, and had gone on eight months later to chase his dream again as a tight end at UTEP \u2026 until the devastating news<\/a> on July 12, 2019, that the disease was terminal. Only a few insiders knew. Because Luke looked too healthy to be so sick.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s known Luke literally since the day he was born,\u201d Babe Laufenberg said.<\/p>\n

Luke passed at 2:30 on the morning of Aug. 22, 2019. Babe texted Garrett the news: \u201cWe lost him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garrett called Laufenberg prior to his press conference later that morning. \u201cWould you mind if I mentioned something?\u201d Garrett asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018No, go ahead if you want,\u2019\u200a\u201d Laufenberg said.<\/p>\n

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Babe Laufenberg in 2019.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The press conference would consist of one question, from a Cowboys beat writer, about Luke Laufenberg. Babe Laufenberg didn\u2019t watch it until sometime that night. He was told about how Garrett was choked with such genuine emotion during his tribute.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuke was an amazing young man,\u201d Garrett said. \u201cYou guys have heard me talk about \u2018fight\u2019 a lot. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve seen a better example of that in my life. With what he\u2019s gone through over the last couple of years. The spirit he had, every day, to battle through it, To always be thoughtful about the people in his life. \u2018How\u2019s my mom doing, how\u2019s my dad doing? How\u2019s my brother doing?\u2019 Amazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019d walk into the room, and he\u2019d just light up, whatever was going on. He just had this \u2026 this way, this strength, unlike I\u2019ve ever seen, unlike I\u2019ve ever seen in my life. It\u2019s such a tragedy, it\u2019s so hard to understand, but I know I will and anybody who ever knew him, will be forever inspired by the life that he lived.\u201d<\/p>\n

Babe Laufenberg could not fathom giving the eulogy days later. \u201cI just didn\u2019t think I could get through it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

It was Garrett who implored him to give it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve gotta do it. You gotta be the one,\u201d Garrett told him over the phone.<\/p>\n

Babe Laufenberg\u2019s voice cracked as he mentioned that the one-year anniversary of Luke\u2019s passing draws near. He was able to chuckle at the recollection of what he thought to himself after hearing those words from Garrett, maybe to keep from crying:<\/p>\n

\u201cWait a minute: The guy that couldn\u2019t make it through two minutes of the press conference on a kid that wasn\u2019t even his own, telling me, \u2018Oh, I can do this.\u2019\u200a\u201d<\/p>\n

Babe Laufenberg was determined to summon the very courage he and everyone had seen from his son, who hid the excruciating pain as much as he could and suffered in silence.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I thought, \u2018OK, if Luke went through what he did, and handled it the way he did, I can get up there and fight my way through it there,\u2019\u200a\u201d Babe said.<\/p>\n

He recruited Garrett to be his backup, just in case.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018Bambino, you kidding me?\u2019\u200a\u201d Laufenberg recalled. \u201c\u200a\u2018I\u2019ve been a backup all my life, I\u2019m ready to go.\u2019\u200a\u201d \u201c\u200a\u2018You go down, I\u2019m ready to go!\u2019\u200a\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jason Garrett<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Laufenberg became the lead sports anchor and sports director for KTVT television in Dallas in 1997 and is a widely respected color analyst on the Cowboys\u2019 radio network. So he has witnessed the entirety of the Jason Garrett Era (2011-19) on the Cowboys sidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a perfect situation for Daniel Jones to be in with Jason coming there,\u201d Laufenberg said. \u201cAnd I think the other thing is he\u2019s gonna know what to do with Saquon [Barkley].\u201d<\/p>\n

Laufenberg is certain Garrett will be an invaluable sounding board for coach Joe Judge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nobody more loyal than Jason,\u201d Laufenberg said.<\/p>\n

Laufenberg mentions how Garrett was instrumental in the development of Tony Romo and Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say they\u2019re getting the right man for the job,\u201d Laufenberg said. \u201cAs a Giants fan, I don\u2019t think you\u2019re saying, \u2018God, I hope you can develop our young quarterback.\u2019 He\u2019s done it twice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garrett never won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys. He is a champion to Babe Laufenberg just the same. When the conversation centers around football, when he is able to take a break from missing Luke, Laufenberg can chuckle after he says:<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have to recuse myself in a criminal trial on Jason Garrett.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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