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A Chicago police officer who had been paralyzed after being shot outside the bar was released from the hospital last weekend.
31-year-old Daniel Golden was greeted outside the Advocate Christ Medical Center on Friday afternoon by dozens of friends, family and fellow officers. The rallyers formed a passage and were guided when Golden cheered in honor of him.
“It was very uplifting for him to see these people he attended high school, grammar school and worked at the police station. It’s incredible,” said a Chicago Police Department detective who retired from the father of an injured police officer. Said Patrick Golden.
After Daniel Golden was taken out of the hospital, he was put into an ambulance at the Chicago Fire Department. Golden, paralyzed from his waist down, was then taken to Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, where he began working with a physiotherapist.
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Patrick Golden is confident that his son will “overcome” the difficult recovery process, he said.
“If he can do this for four years in a frozen tundra in the army of Alaska, he can get over this, he can do this. He has a great idea, he’s tough.” Said Senior Golden to WBM M-TV. “He is strong in the army. He can do this.”
Patrick Golden also called for the end of gun violence in Chicago.
“We must stop the violence of this meaningless and meaningless gun. Too many people are shot here. Too many people are killed in the United States,” he said.
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Daniel Golden’s fiancé, Casey Safralsky, also called on the community to “work together” and “work together” to stop the violence.
“This city is no longer safe, so we want to be together at this point. We need to work together. Fight, attack, and play against each other. Doing is not a solution .. To do this, we need to communicate with each other, “she told The Story Thursday.
The father also praised the ambulance crew and medical staff who treated his son’s amputated spine.
“The Christ Hospital was incredible. They saved his life. When I met him the other morning, I thought he would die in front of me. He was shocked. The Christ Hospital brought him back. They saved him. The Christ Hospital. I can’t say enough, “he said at each outlet.
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Golden Officer’s medical fundraising has exceeded $ 1.2 million, including an anonymous donation of $ 50,000.
His background in fundraising states: For everyone involved. “
“The event ended when one of the criminals rushed to the car, pulled out the gun, and fired 20 bullets as he left the group. His brother was beaten and scratched. Sadly. There was another bullet in. He hit Dan’s back, cut Dan’s spine, lost his heart in millimeters, and was permanently paralyzed below his waist. This catastrophic life-changing event was his. Has changed the course of life forever. Everyone who knows Dan is sad after such a meaningless and tragic event. “
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In addition, “We are calling on the community to help Dan and his fiancé Casey support all the financial demands they will face in the future.”
Graham Colton of Fox News contributed to this report.