December 04, 2004
New Yorks Bravest are the U.S. Bravest
News captures emotional hospital reunion
of Iraq war hero and father
By ALISON GENDAR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Injured National Guardsman Daniel Swift reunites with his dad, retired NYPD Detective John Swift.
LANDSTUHL, Germany - A wounded soldier, crutches under his arms, a Santa hat perched on his head, freezes in the hospital corridor at the sound of a familiar voice so far from home.
"Pops?" East Harlem Firefighter Daniel Swift calls out as he spots his dad, retired NYPD Detective John Swift, barreling down the Army hospital hallway. "Hey, Pops!"
"How ya doin', Danny? You okay?" the father says, engulfing his son, crutches and all, in a loving bear hug.
"Doing good now, Dad," Daniel Swift answers, something he never expected to say just three days after surviving an Iraqi ambush that killed two of his friends - including fellow FDNY Firefighter Christian Engeldrum - and sent him and two other Army National Guardsmen to the hospital.
"Doing good now," he says.........
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of Iraq war hero and father
By ALISON GENDAR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Injured National Guardsman Daniel Swift reunites with his dad, retired NYPD Detective John Swift.
LANDSTUHL, Germany - A wounded soldier, crutches under his arms, a Santa hat perched on his head, freezes in the hospital corridor at the sound of a familiar voice so far from home.
"Pops?" East Harlem Firefighter Daniel Swift calls out as he spots his dad, retired NYPD Detective John Swift, barreling down the Army hospital hallway. "Hey, Pops!"
"How ya doin', Danny? You okay?" the father says, engulfing his son, crutches and all, in a loving bear hug.
"Doing good now, Dad," Daniel Swift answers, something he never expected to say just three days after surviving an Iraqi ambush that killed two of his friends - including fellow FDNY Firefighter Christian Engeldrum - and sent him and two other Army National Guardsmen to the hospital.
"Doing good now," he says.........
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