Memorial
I visited Officer Erfle's growing memorial today while on duty for the first time since his death. A stream of officers from other agencies around the state and country have been stopping by to leave patches, notes, flowers, and cards.One resident, a Vietnam Vet even left his purple heart medal and a letter thanking Nick for his service and sacrifice. Another citizen came with a brush and water to scrub away Nick's blood from the sidewalk where he died.
The outpouring of condolences, affection, gratitude, and respect is a welcomed sight. The most heart-wrenching are the letters from school kids:
The most touching is this one written by Nick's son:
posted by Officer Gary @ 12:39 PM
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9 Comments:
Heart wrenching.
Other words escape me at the moment.
Just heart wrenching.
K-
Gary,
Oh God, those 2 letters from the children were heart-breaking...
And the flowers....
Bawl... Sometmes the injustices of life seriously suck.
I get so mad at my cop sometimes (Our breakup is the reason I started my nice girl blog last November), but if I ever think of him getting hurt by someone, let alone killed, I forget all the anger and only remember how much I still love him even though I act like I don't, and how good he is at his job...)
That is beyond heartbreaking...
I want to cry. His son's letter... just devastating.
Just came by on Wednesday the 26th to say hello and see how you were doing.
Very rough month for you, for them, for their families...
Kids. Raw. Heart-felt. Wonderful.
Oh my...I just got home from my 3rd day of a 12 hour shift of Dispatching in WA State..in perusing through a friends blog I found your blog link. Wow.
I am friends with so many officers I work with and my worst nightmare would be to handle a radio incident like this. Its such a feeling of complete of helplessness on our end. Wow.
Reading those letters just Gchoked me up. Kudos and blessings to the citizen that cleaned away what vultures like media and rubber-neckers would do nothing but exploit.
Goodness. My prayers to you, to your fellow officers and most especially to his family.
Oh my. That is heart breaking. My husband is a police officer and I pray everyday that our daughter never has to go through that. I hope his son finds peace.
;(
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