Lieutenant Dan became an overnight sensation riding out Hurricane Milton. Then his long criminal past came to light - Joseph Malinkowski became a ‘cult hero’ overnight for his defiant stand in ...

A TikTok star known as "Lieutenant Dan" has now survived two dangerous hurricanes in a row from his small sailboat he has positioned in Tampa in lieu of constant pleas from followers and public ...

Joe's nickname is due to the fact that his leg was amputated below the knee. In Forrest Gump, Lieutenant Dan lost both of his legs below the knee during the Vietnam War.

In Forrest Gump, Lieutenant Dan Taylor serves as Forrest's platoon leader during the Vietnam War and later becomes his shrimp boat partner. Malinowsky’s followers see a parallel between his life ...

Joseph Malinowski, who locals nicknamed Lieutenant Dan after the beloved Vietnam vet character in “Forrest Gump” played by Gary Sinise, explained his reasoning to TikToker Terrence Concannon ...

Joseph Malinowski, who was given the nickname 'Lieutenant Dan' after the character in Forrest Gump, decided to ride out Hurricane Milton at sea in Tampa Bay, Florida ...

Joseph Malinowski, 54, the one-legged, sailboat-dwelling Florida man known as “Lieutenant Dan," who went viral for refusing to abandon his ship during Hurricane Milton, was jailed Friday because ...

A guy whom I have admired for a long time is actor Gary Sinise. Many know him as the wheelchair- bound wounded Vietnam vet Lieutenant Dan Taylor in the blockbuster film, “Forrest Gump.” He is ...

Florida man Joseph Malinowski rose to internet fame after posting as Lieutenant Dan on TikTok while he rode out the 120mph winds of Hurricane Milton on his 20ft boat ...

His seafaring lodgings and single leg earned him the moniker of “Lieutenant Dan” — a reference to the scraggly Vietnam War veteran in the Oscar-winning movie Forrest Gump. In the days before the ...