{"id":465459,"date":"2022-06-20T00:54:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T21:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/he-did-everything-for-us\/"},"modified":"2022-06-20T00:54:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T21:54:07","slug":"he-did-everything-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/he-did-everything-for-us\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;He did everything for us&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d45f2f0855\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d45f2f0855\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/he-did-everything-for-us\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98He_did_everything_for_us%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;He did everything for us&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;&#8216;He did everything for us'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The widow of an FDNY veteran killed when a tree fell on the family\u2019s SUV in North Carolina told The Post on Sunday that her selfless husband died the way he would have chosen \u2014 with everyone else spared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have more of a smile on my face than tears in my eyes thinking about the kind of person he was,\u2019\u2019 Angela Skudin said of her husband Casey, a Bravest dad who would have turned 46 on Father\u2019s Day on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it had to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en, it happened the way he wanted it to happen \u2014 he took it for everyone,\u201d she said of the fatal freak accident outside the Biltmore Estate in Ashville on Friday afternoon. \u201cHe did everything for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angela was in the car along with her husband at the time, as was their 10-year-old son and his older brother. Angela and the older boy escaped with scratches, while the younger child was set to be released from a North Carolina hospital Monday and make a full recovery, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was crazy. I was the only one that wasn\u2019t knocked out,\u201d Angela said. \u201cJust watching your husband die and you can\u2019t do anything is really insane.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-2-2.jpg?w=794\" alt=\"Casey and his family pose at an FDNY ceremony.\" class=\"wp-image-22724926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-2-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1588 1588w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-2-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1191 1191w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-2-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=794 794w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-2-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=397 397w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-2-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption>The entire Skudin family was in the car at the time of the accident, but only Casey died.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Casey Skudin\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Casey Skudin, 45, was a 16-year-veteran of New York\u2019s Bravest and was stationed at Ladder 137 in the Rockaways, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>He had planned the family <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to the Carolinas to celebrate Father\u2019s Day and his 46th birthday, his wife said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe picked this trip,\u201d Angela Skudin said. \u201cHe planned the whole thing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-3-1.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"The car wrecked where Casey had sat inside.\" class=\"wp-image-22724948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1638 1638w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1229 1228w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819 819w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=410 409w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"\/><figcaption>The family traveled to the Biltmore Estate in Ashville, North Carolina to celebrate Casey\u2019s birthday and Father\u2019s day.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">thecodfishcowboy\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-5-1.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"The car wrecked where Casey had sat inside.\" class=\"wp-image-22724958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-5-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1638 1638w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-5-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1229 1228w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-5-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819 819w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-5-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=410 409w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-5-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"\/><figcaption>Angela said her husband planned the entire trip.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">thecodfishcowboy\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy husband was literally the most amazing human I\u2019ve ever encountered in my life,\u201d she said, calling him \u201cpatient, kind and humble,\u201d and a \u201ccompletely devoted father and husband.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casey Skudin earned numerous commendations for heroism on the job, particularly in his work on water rescues and helping residents during Superstorm Sandy.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors of the family\u2019s Long Beach home said his good deeds weren\u2019t just on the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would work his shifts at the Fire Department, and when he came home in the wintertime, he would get out his snowblower and blow everyone\u2019s driveways,\u201d said neighbor Ron Coladner. \u201cThe whole street.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-6-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Casey runs into the ocean with a surfboard.\" class=\"wp-image-22724963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-6-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-6-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/casey-skudin-fdny-6-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Casey would have turned 46 on Father\u2019s Day.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Hunter Rainis<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA neighbor this past year had a medical emergency,\u201d Coladner said. \u201cCasey picked him up, and this man is twice his size. He picked him up himself and gave him CPR, made sure he was stable and called the ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the type of man he was,\u201d he added. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t ask for a better neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angela Skudin said the viewing for her husband will be Thursday at Towers Funeral Home in Oceanside with a funeral to follow Friday.<\/p>\n<p>She said a \u201cpaddle-out\u201d ceremony in the ocean off Long Beach for her husband \u2014 an avid surfer \u2014 will be held next Sunday at 9 a.m. in his memory.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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