PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A School District of Philadelphia safety officer who survived being shot 11 times is now home after weeks of rehabilitation.

Staff at Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Center City honored Officer Craig Romanczuk on Thursday with a “clap out” celebration.

“I don’t know if I deserve it,” said Romanczuk. “They’re all my friends, my family. Everything’s wonderful.”

His fellow safety officers and police also saluted his recovery.

“Today is nothing short of an absolute miracle,” said Craig Johnson, Philadelphia Public Schools Chief of School Safety.

In June, he was shot while responding to a road rage incident near Penn’s Landing.

Officer Romanczuk, 68, was finishing up a shift nearby around 1:45 a.m. on June 30 when he was flagged down by a person who reported being involved in a road rage incident on I-95.

“He was returning to our patrol garage after completing an overtime shift on his day off,” said Johnson.

The road rage victim told Romanczuk that someone in a white Hyundai SUV pulled a gun on them, and that’s when the 68-year-old tried to help.

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“At that point, the officer attempted to either investigate or intervene in some way when the occupant of that Hyundai opened fire on that officer,” said Inspector D.F. Pace.

The 68-year-old officer managed to drive a short distance before crashing into a tree in front of Dave and Busters along Columbus Boulevard.

Police say he suffered gunshot wounds to the face and arm.

“We worried every day that we was gonna lose him,” said Robert Whitfield, school district police sergeant.

He served nearly three decades as a Philadelphia police officer before joining the District’s Office of School Safety almost 20 years ago. His son, Erik Romanczuk, is a Philadelphia police sergeant.

“Amazing. Really a miracle,” Erik said of his father’s recovery.

Police have arrested a suspect in the case.

He has months of rehab and therapy ahead, but he’s already talking about when he might return to work.

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