{"id":8878,"date":"2015-07-06T10:13:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T15:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/?p=8878"},"modified":"2015-07-06T10:13:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T15:13:23","slug":"colorado-police-officer-sings-to-toddler-to-distract-her-from-the-crash-that-killed-her-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/2015\/07\/colorado-police-officer-sings-to-toddler-to-distract-her-from-the-crash-that-killed-her-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Police Officer Sings to Toddler to Distract Her from the Crash That Killed her Father"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Nick<\/a><\/p>\n

Nick Struck is a police officer in Brighton, Colorado, who showed himself a true hero. <\/p>\n

He was one of many officers called to the scene of a terrible car crash<\/a>. A mom, dad, and 4 kids were in an SUV when it blew a tire, lost control, and flipped over on the highway. All 6 people were thrown from the car.<\/p>\n

A witness of the crash stayed nearby and snapped a picture <\/a>and video of one officer holding a two-year-old girl who was rescued from the crash. Her dad was pronounced dead at the scene, and her mom and sister were life-flighted to the hospital.<\/p>\n

When Officer Struck was handed the baby, she was soaked in gasoline and crying. He immediately thought of his little 2-year-old daughter at home. He tried the same thing he does when his girl is crying \u2014 and started singing \u201cTwinkle, Twinkle Little Star\u201d <\/a>to the toddler.<\/p>\n

It worked. She stopped crying and started rubbing his back with her little hand. He got her attention away from the crash scene and calmed her down.<\/p>\n

On probably the worst day of her short life so far, this officer was a hero to this little girl. So glad to see law enforcement getting some good publicity!<\/p>\n

Watch Officer Struck tell his story on page 2<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Would you all pray for this family? They are obviously still recovering physically and emotionally from this trauma and loss.<\/p>\n

Read more on the\u00a0Patheos Faith and Family Channel<\/a>, fan me on\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, follow me on <\/em><\/strong>Instagram<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and follow this blog on\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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