The MBTA Transit Police Officer was critically wounded in a shootout with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects in 2013. After two years of intensive rehab, he returned to active duty and was promoted to sergeant.
Donohue dropped the ceremonial first puck Monday night at TD Garden. Watch the video via NESN. It will make your day:
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Donohue tweeted out pictures of the puck:
He thanked the Bruins for saluting him on First Responders Night:
On the night of April 19, 2013, Donohue was severely wounded in a gun battle with the Tsarnaev brothers after they murdered Sean Collier, an officer for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A doctor later testified that Donohue was “essentially dead” when he was wheeled into a Cambridge hospital, according to the Boston Globe.
He managed to survive through transfusions and returned to the job two years later — the same day Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death.
Due to his injuries, Donohue has retired and become an adjunct professor at Fisher College.
Donohue lives outside Boston with his wife and son. Check out more on his story at DicDonohue.com.
