Regis Philbin was the daddy of 3 daughters and one son, Daniel. Daniel was awarded for his bravery after the 9/11 attacks and died in 2014.
Iconic television host (*11*) died on the age of 88 on July 24, 2020. Over his many many years of television work, Regis temporarily become a family title, and his circle of relatives turned into slightly well known to his fanatics as well. It wasn’t uncommon for Regis to mention his wife, Joy, or daughters J.J. and Joanna during an episode of Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee (or Live! with Regis and Kelly).
Regis also had two kids from his first marriage to Catherine "Kay" Faylen — a daughter named Amy and a son named Daniel. Sadly, Daniel passed away in 2014. He was a person with a fascinating life (and would have been even if his dad hadn’t been tremendous famous). Here’s what we all know about the late Daniel Philbin.
Daniel Philbin receiving an award for his outstanding contributions to the DoD team of workers.
What happened to Regis Philbin’s son, Daniel?
Daniel was born in 1967 with a spinal twine defect that at last ended in having both of his legs amputated. He grew up in Los Angeles, attending Quartz Hill High School and receiving a bachelor’s degree in political science from California State University at Northridge. He then earned a grasp’s degree in international politics from The Catholic University of American in Washington in 1996.
In 1992, Daniel had a summer internship with the Directorate for Defense Information (now known as the Defense Press Office). Apparently, he did a perfect job with the internship — he was invited to go back for some other internship after he finished graduate college. After that, he began working full-time for the Department of Defense, sooner or later turning into a writer-editor within the Secretary of Defense’s Public Affairs Office’s Directorate of Public Inquiry and Analysis (relatively the task title!).
Daniel’s father Regis Philbin, with wife Joy and daughter (Daniel’s half-sister) J.J.
Daniel Philbin was recognized for his remarkable movements all through the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Daniel was working at his desk within the Pentagon when a Boeing 757 airplane that were overtaken via hijackers crashed into the western facade of the construction. He briefly left the development, then determined to focus on helping his workplace maintain the media.
“I driven myself over to the Navy Exchange gas station — about a mile — where the (Office of the Secretary of Defense) Public Affairs had set up a command submit,” he mentioned in an interview with the Department of Defense. “They were looking to proceed the public affairs operation from there until lets get back into the construction.”
Daniel returned to the Pentagon later that night — while a part of the building was nonetheless in flames — with a view to assist with a press conference. He went back the following day to proceed helping with further tasks. He was hospitalized for several days in a while.
Daniel’s task changed significantly after the attacks. He labored tirelessly on the Secretary’s Situation Report, which was initially submitted seven days a week, requiring upward of 14 hours of preparation each and every single day. On most sensible of that, Daniel labored to respond to playing cards and letters that came flooding in after Sept. 11.
“It's very tough to reply to each and every unmarried person who wrote in," he said. "I try to focal point a lot on youngsters in schools as a result of they're the longer term. Hopefully, when they finish their schooling, they're going to needless to say reaction they received from the Department of Defense and possibly they will want to paintings with us or sign up for our colleagues in uniform. I attempt to glance forward a few years.” In December of 2002, Daniel was awarded for his outstanding contributions to the DoD body of workers.
In 2014, Daniel died of natural causes at the age of 49. In a 1994 interview with Esquire, Regis had mentioned of Daniel, “He’s my hero in existence. For him to overcome all this disability, to graduate from school, paintings on his grasp’s program — he’s simply dynamite, a outstanding child.” Obviously, that “exceptional kid” grew right into a exceptional adult, and the arena was a greater place as a result of each Philbin men.
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