last month captain robert eckert was seriously hurt while fighting a fire.ed, he is now well in you have to return to his family. "action news" reporter bob brooks was there to welcome him home today. he joins you live in bellmawr with the story. good to see him back home, bob. >> reporter: yeah brian, absolutely. i was just going to say love to do stories like this. it is my pleasure to report captain eckert is doing much, much better after we learned about he almost suffered fatal injury while out on the job. you can call this moment a huge sigh of relief. the man in the sunglasses being hugged is camden fire captain bobby eckert. he's home but for about the last two weeks he wasn't. rather, he was in the hospital recovering from a traumatic head injury responding to a call. we spoke with him about what happened. >> i had a concussion, you know, traumatic head injury and, you know, it knocked me out and i lost some vision there for awhile. i was -- could and see for for what seemed a few hours. >> reporter: he has has to wear sunglasses pretty much at all

camden fire captain robert eckert has been released from the hospital after suffering severe head trauma fighting a fire twks ago. brve in bellmawrorter bob tonight. bob, a tough journey ahead for eckert but at least he's home with his family. >> reporter: yeah, jim, absolutely. you know, today i asked the captain when he thinks he might return to work he said if he had it his way he would have already been back or go back today but doctor's orders he needs more rest, rest set to begin right here at home. >> welcome home. >> thank you. >> welcome back, buddy. >> reporter: these are a bunch of welcome home hugs that are more than deserved. especially this one between camden fire captain bobby eckert and his stepdaughter kennedy. just about two short weeks ago no one knew if captain eckert was coming home. he was badly hurt at the scene of a fire. he suffered a severe head injury. >> i had a concussion, traumatic head injury and it knocked me out and i lost some vision there for awhile. i was -- couldn't see for -- see for a few hours. >> reporter: according to many city officials includin

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