A special ceremony was held Wednesday to honor fallen Fort Worth police officers who died in the line of duty.
An emotional moment as special chairs are unveiled at the Fort Worth Police's Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex.There's a chair for Corporal Garrett Hull who died in 2018 during a shootout while working undercover.
“Saying our hero’s name out loud for our family keeps them alive,” Officer Hull’s wife Sabrina Hull said. “Gives us one more minute of having them alive with us.” Another chair represents Officer Dewayne Freeto who was killed when a drunk driver hit his patrol car in 2006. He'd only been on the force 9 months.
“Things like this, it fills my heart to know that he will not be forgotten and that officers will see his name for years to come,” Officer Freeto’s wife Karen Freeto said.“It’s important for us to remember that our fallen heroes are not just pictures on a wall,” Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes said. “They are a part of us.”presented the chairs. They do this in remembrance, but also as a message to the police academy cadets who attended the dedication.
“The new officers that come in are the ones who need to see these names and look them up and see what happened so the legacy continues,” Tommy Capell with Saving a Hero’s Place said. “We know everybody who is here now and the family we know they are not going to forget. It’s when new officers come in they need to remember.”“It won’t bring back our loved ones,” Noakes said.
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