Family with Down syndrome son went from shock to gratitude: ‘Lost the air in my chest’ [Video]

“I literally felt like I’d lost the air in my chest. I couldn’t speak.”

That was the immediate reaction of a Florida dad and entrepreneur when he learned during an urgent phone call from his wife — who was pregnant with their fourth child and had just finished talking with a doctor — that their new baby might be born with Down syndrome.

“I was sad. I was angry. I was frustrated,” said Aric Berquist, who shared his thoughts in a video (see the video at the top of this article) and in an interview with Fox News Digital. 

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Berquist said that on the phone call, he “wanted to stay calm” for the sake of his wife, Gretchen, “who was teary” as the couple talked …