Reclaimed Home has a high school friend who was killed in Kabul on the fourth of July. His name is Danny Farkas and his funeral will be on Monday in Midwood. The following is an excerpt from Reclaimed Home’s story:
I didn’t realize that I knew a war hero. Who’d have thunk it, that among my progressive thinking, New York liberal, artsy fartsy high school buddies, one of us would go off to war? And get killed?
I didn’t know Danny Farkas all that well. He was the skinny kid who hung out with the production crew (my high school had a great AV program). He was a friend of a friend more than a friend of mine. When I saw him at our high school reunion back in 2003, I couldn’t believe how buff he was. “Where’s that skinny kid?” I asked him.
I received an email this morning from a fellow ex classmate that Danny was killed in Kabul on July 4th in a non-hostile incident that is being investigated.
Danny was a NYC Police Lieutenant in the 112th Pct. in Forest Hills and an Army National Guardsman. Funeral will be held Monday in Midwood, Brooklyn.
I knew Danny personally. His death is a great loss not just to those who knew him but to everyone. He was the type of individual one immediately took to and became friends with. He was a kind, caring and generous person and I will surely miss him.