Salem Officer Traveling to Virginia to Make Dying Boy's Christmas
Three NH police officers will head south to bring a terminally-ill child's holiday wish to life.
A young Virginia boy fighting a rare brain cancer and an inoperable tumor on his spinal cord has inspired countless police, fire and rescue agencies from all over the country to send their support to a family in need of good cheer this holiday season. Nathan Norman, 6, of Rustburg, Va., and his family are facing incredible hardship due to the fact that Norman has been given 18 months to live. Norman's one Christmas wish was to get as many cards, patches, letters and anything else with a first responder insignia as he can because officers, firefighters and EMTs are his heroes, and Norman has since received hundreds of packages from across the United States. Norman's struggles were particularly moving to two Hampton Police Department …
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Riley Reid
8:17 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012
I was told that these Officers just last month made the trip down to the NJ shore with relief items for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Class act's not wanting their names in the news for doing the right thing. Safe travels more ›