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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Courage, Strength, Faith: Inglis Family Ready for Son's Return Home

Lacey firefighter Daniel Inglis, paralyzed in car accident, nearing return to Lanoka Harbor

With my favorite pair of jeans and sandals on, a glob of construction glue fell into my hair. Lynn Inglis, who I met for the first time earlier Tuesday, attempted to pull it out. I was in a setting I had never been before and with a family like no other. The Inglis family is currently retrofitting their Lanoka Harbor home to accommodate their son Daniel, who is now a quadriplegic after suffering a spinal cord injury due to a Christmas Eve car accident. I was the “glue girl.” With a glue gun in hand, balancing on a ladder — a day of many firsts — I set glue on the wooden beams so his father Daniel Inglis Sr. and three other volunteers could drywall what will be Daniel’s room come Tuesday, Aug. 16. I had come a long way since three days …

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butch cassidy

4:19 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012

it is! has anyone tried to get the story more national? maybe start with channel 12 nj and go to cbs nbc abc whatever   more ›

Friday, July 13, 2012

Benefit Car Show for Paralyzed Lacey Firefighter Set for Sunday

Daniel Inglis Jr. continues to work toward mobility as he returns to Lacey for his second homecoming

Daniel Inglis, a Lacey resident who was paralyzed after a car accident on Christmas Eve, will be returning for his second homecoming on Sunday, July 15 for a benefit car show from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Gille Park. “Daniel is doing great,” his father Daniel Inglis Sr. said in an email. “He is looking forward to coming down to Lacey for the benefit car show, to see his friends and family and maybe even to sneak home to see his two dogs, Behr and Cleo, who he hasn't seen since the accident.” Daniel returned to Lacey for the first time on Wednesday, June 13 for his sister Rachel-Lynn’s high school graduation. It was then that his father announced that the family is retrofitting the house to accommodate Daniel since he’s scheduled to return home…

barb

1:58 pm on Saturday, July 14, 2012

skip that, shared! but it could go on the Patch's page too : )   more ›

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