Officer Down Memorial Page

I can't believe it's been 36 years since they brought you to the UofA Health Sciences Center Emergency Room. What an unbelievably sad day that was. I was the Blood Gas Tech that arrived to draw blood on you. You were so broken I remember I could only stand and stare. Later I felt compelled for some totally unknown reason to visit your gravesite. I sat beside you for a couple of hours and prayed that in your bravest hour you hadn't suffered too much. I don't know to this day why you touched me so much and, in fact, still do. But somehow the memory of how unbelievably brave you were has been a guardian angle on my shoulder. Bless you Officer Barry Headricks

Becky Mowry
Blood Tech and U of A Health Sciences Ctr.
January 20, 2011

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