Melrose Police Officers Visit Terminally Ill Child in Virginia
Melrose Police officers were among the more than 250 officers that recently traveled to Virigina to meet a terminally ill child, according to a police press statement.
Melrose Police officers were among the more than 250 officers that recently traveled to Virigina to meet a terminally ill child, according to a police press statement. On Dec. 19 members of the Melrose Police Department Honor Guard drove to Rustburg, Va. along with nearly 100 other police departments to meet with 5-year-old Virginian Nathan Norman, who has terminal brain cancer and has a love of law enforcement and Christmas, according to the statement. "The convoy drove single file with blue lights on (during) the 12-hour trip, picking up other agencies along the route from throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (for) a three-mile-long line of holiday greeting," reads the statement. Nathan was surprised the …
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9:07 am on Thursday, December 27, 2012
The news coverage did not do this event justice. We are proud of our police for taking the time to honor a little boy who truly looks up to these heroes. You made his day! His parents were in awe of the show of support from Melrose and all over. Thanks again to our Police department for showing that community matters :) more ›