Cops fly father to see dying son

[The Straight Story]

Cops fly father to see dying son

CALGARY - The distraught father of a five-year-old Calgary boy was able to be at his son’s bedside when he died, thanks to the city’s police chopper.

RCMP Sgt. Patrick Webb said the boy was with adult family members on the shore of Sylvan Lake in the Summer Village of Norglenwold, about 170 km northwest of Calgary, at 7 p.m. Monday when he went under that water.

“This resulted from a moment’s inattention — he was literally on the shore one moment, and a very short time later found floating,” Webb said.

The boy was pulled from the water and rushed hospital in Red Deer, where he later died.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2011/07/26/18474696.html

[hlthe2b]

1. Now this is the kind of police posting that restores some faith...

Good on these guys for showing their humanity and compassion.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. +1000

[Arctic Dave]

3. K&R

[Worried senior]

4. this was Canada

I think they are more civilized up there.

[Arctic Dave]

5. You're all southerners to me. ;) nt