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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

‘Pray for a miracle’: Hundreds gather at St. Rita of Cascia to support Chicago cop who was shot, paralyzed trying to break up bar fight

Family members of Chicago Police Department Officer Daniel Golden stand during a prayer service for him Thursday at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel. Golden was shot in the back after he tried to break up a bar fight in Beverly. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Hundreds gathered Thursday and prayed for a “miracle” for a Chicago police officer who was shot and paralyzed last week after helping break up a fight outside a bar in Beverly.

As Officer Danny Golden watched on a livestream from Christ Medical Center, friends, family members and other city workers packed the pews for the emotional service at his alma mater, St. Rita of Cascia High School, in the Ashburn neighborhood.

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