For Emily Switalski, graduating from Western Michigan University was bittersweet.
Her father Comstock Township Fire Chief Ed Switalski was killed in the line of duty in June. He was hit by a vehicle while responding to an accident call on I-94.
“You know, after these things happen, life keeps moving on and you have to kind of just roll with the punches,” Emily Switalski told 24 Hour News 8 Monday.
While her dad couldn’t be there in person to watch her graduate Saturday, Switalski said she knows he was there in spirit. “I knew going into the ceremony that it was going to be a very bittersweet day for me just because when I was going into the year originally I didn’t think that my dad would be missing my graduation," she said.