Navy Wife Makes Plea For Husband Imprisoned in Japan Saying Their Kids ‘Need a Father’
U.S. Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis’s wife is speaking out for his release after he had a medical episode that caused an accident where two pedestrians were killed in Japan. Lt. Alkonis was found guilty of causing a car…
U.S. Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis’s wife is speaking out for his release after he had a medical episode that caused an accident where two pedestrians were killed in Japan.
Lt. Alkonis was found guilty of causing a car accident that resulted in the deaths of two people and received a three-year prison sentence in Japan, according to Fox News.
The Navy lieutenant’s wife, Brittany Alkonis, said during her recent interview with Fox News Digital that she is making every effort to reconnect her children with their father.
“This is really about my kids, while it is hard for us, the ones really paying the price for this and for the alliance and politics are my kids,” Brittany Alkonis, wife of Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis, said “They are young and in formative years of their life. They need a father.”
Shortly before Lt. Alkonis was set to deploy, the family took a hike on Japan’s Mt. Fuji, after which Lt. Alkonis suffered a medical event while behind the wheel, causing the accident that ended in two deaths.
Brittany Alkonis recalled the accident saying, “That day we drove from sea level and by the end of hike we were at over 8,000 feet.”
She continued, “We hiked until we thought it was getting a little too dangerous for the kids and decided to head back. We were just 5 minutes from our destination, Ridge was mid-conversation with our oldest daughter when he lost all consciousness. We were only going about 25 mph, but he did not regain consciousness.”