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Ohio police officer headed to 2024 Paralympics following injury in line of duty
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Dayton, Ohio police officer Byron Branch joined "Fox & Friends" to discuss qualifying for the 2024 Paralympics after suffering an injury in 2016 while on-duty.
"I was responding to an accident on the highway," Branch told "Fox & Friends." "There was a semi on the side of the road that just got in an accident. I went to go check on the driver, make sure everything was okay with them before I headed on. He came out of his vehicle. I told him, 'for your safety, let's talk on the other side of my vehicle.' Next thing I know, I woke up in the hospital." Elizabeth Heckman is a digital production assistant with Fox News.
Branch went on to win gold in the Pan American Games in Canada two years after the accident and again in 2022 and 2024, drawing from his 16 years of fencing experience.