A boy whose police officer father died suddenly got a huge surprise when his dad's former colleagues showed up to support him at his fifth-grade graduation.
Kaleb Crowder's father police officer father Joe died suddenly of a heart attack aged 44 in December 2016 while he was out jogging. Officer Crowder had served nearly 14 years in the Boynton Beach Police Department and was also a staff sergeant in the Army Reserves. After his death, his colleagues vowed to always be there for Kaleb and his brother and on Friday they did just that by showing up at the Northboro Elementary School graduation ceremony.' It meant everything to us to be there. We all felt like proud parents,' Stephanie Slater, the police department's spokeswoman who also attended Kaleb's graduation told the Palm Beach Post.
Kaleb Crowder's father police officer father Joe died suddenly of a heart attack aged 44 in December 2016 while he was out jogging. Officer Crowder had served nearly 14 years in the Boynton Beach Police Department and was also a staff sergeant in the Army Reserves. After his death, his colleagues vowed to always be there for Kaleb and his brother and on Friday they did just that by showing up at the Northboro Elementary School graduation ceremony.' It meant everything to us to be there. We all felt like proud parents,' Stephanie Slater, the police department's spokeswoman who also attended Kaleb's graduation told the Palm Beach Post.
We are so proud of the fine young man that Kaleb is and we know that Joe was smiling his giant smile this morning watching Kaleb, too.' When he was walking down the red carpet and he saw us his face just lit up. He sat two rows in front of us and kept looking back at all of us. There were lots of hugs and smiles.' Nine officers attended the ceremony and after the event, the department posted a video and a message to Kaleb on their Facebook page. It read: 'Congratulations, Kaleb! We are so proud of you, and we know your dad is too. We love you.'
