“God told me to come out here and get a boat. I came out here and got a boat. Everything he’s been telling me the last few days, I’m doing the right thing.'
TAMPA, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 09: Tampa police try to persuade a local resident who is living on his boat known as Jay and nicknamed “Lieutenant Dan,” to leave for his safety as Tampa prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Milton on October 09, 2024 in Tampa, Florida. Milton, which comes just after the recent catastrophic Hurricane Helene, has strengthened to a Category 4 storm as it approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast and is expected to make landfall late Wednesday.
“I put my faith in God. I don’t put my faith in man,” Malinowski said in a TikTok that went viral. “God told me to come out here and get a boat. I came out here and got a boat. Everything he’s been telling me the last few days, I’m doing the right thing. He got my back. I’m in good shape. I ain’t sweating it.”
Malinowski was nicknamed “Lieutenant Dan” in part because his left leg is amputated below the knee, similar to the movie character who lost both his legs during the film. In “Forrest Gump,” the title character and Lieutenant DanBefore Milton made landfall Wednesday, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said authorities had relocated Malinowski to a shelter ahead of the storm, but observers found him Thursday morning on the boat in Tampa Bay, safe and sound.
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