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Police officers from across Texas saw to it that Kevin Will, Jr., did not go to his first day of kindergarten alone.

In 2011, his father, an officer in the Houston Police Department, was killed while on duty.

"I think he was way overwhelmed today," Kevin's mother, Alisha Will, told The Houston Chronicle. "But he was excited about kindergarten, and I talked to him about the officers being here because his daddy couldn't."

The boy never knew his father, born three months after he was killed.

Standing in for his fallen daddy, nearly 100 officers took the five-year-old boy on his one-mile trek to Wildwood Elementary School in Tomball.

Some officers made the trip on horseback and a helicopter escort followed overhead.

Alisha noted that her son may have lost his father, but he gained a family in his father's fellow officers

"He knows," she said, "that they'll always be there."
 
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That's gonna be a lot of Father's Day cards for him to sign.




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Just plain awesome. Thanks for making sure a kid's first day of school started off right.


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Allergies are bad in Indiana this time of year...great story


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It is a Brotherhood.. and that is awesome. Something tells me this kid will grow up to be a cop too .


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Not sure why it got dusty here all of a sudden. Thanks for posting.


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That's excellent - thank you for sharing this.



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Allergies bad here in Michigan, just from reading this thread.

God bless those officers and that young gentleman Smile




 
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That first day of school will be a lifetime memory.



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Great story, thanks for posting!
 
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Awesome story. Thanks for posting.


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You sure don't post alot, but you post very well! Thanks for sharing this!
 
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Good story. But that's still tough especially that the kid never knew his dad. Wow.



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Blurry screen. Precious little man...



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That first day of school will be a lifetime memory.
. made me flood with many different emotions. such a great first day of school.


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Allergies are bad in Indiana this time of year...great story


Allergies seem to be kicking up here in N. Virginia, too.


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Stupid blurry monitor.....


p.s. Thanks for posting. Why I love my home town.



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