Hail to the Hall!: Landberg’s Dutchmen finally deliver city title at Yankee Stadium
Danny Landberg lost his home, but not his focus.
The Erasmus Hall head football coach, whose Belle Harbor residence was deluged and literally destroyed by Superstorm Sandy last month, finally reached his ultimate goal Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium: Holding aloft the PSAL Bowl Championship Division trophy, along with his fellow coaches and players, after the Dutchmen pulled out a stirring 15-14 victory over Staten Island rival Tottenville.
“Most of all, I’ve got my boys and they’re the medicine for me,” said an emotional Landberg, drenched in a post-victory Gatorade bath rather than the torrential storm surge that sent his life into a tailspin with thousands of other tri-state residents during the biggest natural disaster to hit our area in over five decades. “I need them more than they need me. I’m just thankful and blessed I have them with me.”