All three of the officers were from our neighborhood's zone. It's distinctly possible that one or any of these men responded to my or my neighbors' calls when our vehicles were broken into, or we smelled gas, or someone stole our trashcans (don't ask).
I am doing all I can - holding them in my thoughts and prayers, donating what I can to the families. A friend and I took a cake and some muffins up to the police station yesterday - you know me, my knee-jerk response to just about anything is to bake, and who could use comfort food right now more than the colleagues of the slain officers, who are themselves also always in danger?
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Officer Kelly*******
Officer Mayhle*********
Officer Sciullo
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"To protect and serve."
These men could not have done a finer job. Thank you, and may you rest in peace.
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*Litany at the Time of Death,
from the Book of Common Prayer,
The Episcopal Church
4 comments:
The situation is so tragic and sad. It seems like the last few days have been full of crazy, random shootings all over the country. Or people killing their children to make their spouse mad (WTF?). Or young kids reported missing and then found murdered. I don't even want to turn on the news anymore. I don't know if it's just a bunch of terrible things all randomly happening at once, or some sort of darker new trend due to who knows what...bad economy? Job losses? General depression in the population?
I am ready for some happy news.
I think this is why we got pure white snow today...to give us Pghers something else to think about, if only for a moment.
Thanks for the nice write up, hon.
xo,
SL
Comfort food is always a nice thing. I am sure the guys appreciated your thoughts.
it's so sad. it makes you realize how cops and firefighters put their lives at risk every day when they're doing their job, which is to protect others. i think baking is a wonderful knee jerk response, i'm sure the goodies were quite welcome at the police station.
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