Police Officer Helps Homeless Man Find His Family After 24 Years Apart: 'I'm in Heaven'

Andrea Morris
09-04-2019

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With help from a police officer, a homeless man was reunited with his family after 24 years of separation. 

After traveling to Florida for work, 61-year-old Jose Lopez suffered a series of strokes leaving him homeless, ABC News reports. His daughters were unaware that their father was ill and they lost contact.

Lopez was determined to find his family again, so he traveled hundreds of miles from Florida to New Jersey to find his long-lost daughters. 
 
NJ Transit Officer Sean Pfeifer, who is also an outreach specialist, found Lopez wandering around a train station. 

Lopez could not remember much about his daughters so Pfeifer made dozens of phone calls and tracked them down.

Pfeifer knew this would be a special reunion and paid for Lopez to get a shave, haircut, and new clothes.

Lopez was finally reunited with his two daughters and got to meet his 14 grandchildren for the first time. "Best feeling in the world," Lopez said.

With help from his daughters, Lopez is looking for permanent housing.

Also, Officer Pfeifer assisted him with enrollment in a mental health program that will support him.

"I'm thinking I'm in heaven. I got my two best girls, I got good friends," Lopez said.

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Andrea Morris
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Andrea Morris is a Features Producer for The 700 Club. She came to CBN in 2019 where she worked as a web producer in the news department for three years. Her passion was always to tell human interest stories that would touch the hearts of readers while connecting them with God. She transitioned into her new role with The 700 Club in August 2022.
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