Crime & Safety
Portsmouth Police Officers Deliver Special Card to Boy Fighting Cancer
More than 40 police departments that departed the Burlington, Mass., Mall Wednesday to deliver cards to 6-year-old Nathan Norman in Rustburg, Virginia.
Portsmouth Police Officers Seth Tondreault and Brian Houde delivered a special Christmas card to a Virginia boy who is battling brain cancer.
The two police officers were part of a convoy of more than 40 police departments from all across New England that met at the Burlington, Mass., Mall on Wednesday morning and headed to Rustburg, Va., to give their cards to Nathan Norman, a 6-year-old boy who wanted to receive holiday cards, letters and patches from police officers, firefighters and EMTs this Christmas.
As reported on New Milford Patch three years ago, Nathan, who lives with his family in Rustburg, Virginia, was diagnosed with brain cancer.
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"I remember the doctor saying that there was an abnormality," Dawn Norman remembers. "The doctor kept telling me over and over that there was an abnormality and then it hit me. He was telling me that my son had cancer."
Like most little boys, Nathan loves to watch cops, firemen and EMT's speed to calls in shiny cars and trucks—sirens blaring and lights flashing—making no stops as they race to save people.
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This Christmas, Nathan is calling upon these heroes to make his wish come true by sending him cards, letters and patches —anything with a first responder insignia.
One of the departments responding to Nathan is the Woburn Police Department.
According to WHDH 7News, a Burlington Police officer heard of Nathan's wish and decided he wanted to help make his Christmas dream come true.
“One of our detectives heard of the wish and started a card around the department,” Sgt. Gerard McDonough, Burlington Police Department, told Channel 7 News. “Our honor guard got together and thought it would be a good idea to personally deliver the card to Nathan and his family.”
But word of the good deed spread and, according to Burlington Police Officer James Tigges, police departments all over New England have gotten into the action, including Woburn Police.
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