By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A Secret Service agent who was paralyzed in a car crash while on duty in New Hampshire in 2015 will join the throngs of runners in the Boston Marathon on Monday.
Agent Garrett FitzGerald will be joined by his supervisor, Don McGrail, who is the assistant to the special agent in charge.
“We were struck head-on by a driver driving the opposite direction who was high on heroin,” FitzGerald told WMUR.com.
FitzGerald and McGail are running under the name, Team Fritz, in hopes of raising $20,000 for Journey Forward, where Fitzgerald spend four days a week for nearly three years in rehabilitation.
As of Monday morning, they have raised $11,662.
“What they do here is nothing short of a miracle,” FitzGerald said.
“Team Fitz is more than just a running club,” McGrail said. “We are there to support the Fitzgerald family, whether that’s a meal train or helping them move in and out of a home — whatever it is. There is a whole group of people there to support the family.”
FitzGerald never gave up, and seven months ago he became a father.
“It’s been wonderful being a dad,” he said. “It’s different. Certainly, nothing can prepare you for that change or the sleepless nights, but it’s good.”
