Standing in for fallen officer at daughter's kindergarten graduation

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when some 300 police stand in for fallen officer at daughter's kindergarten graduation, what's not to like?


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Stephanie Raetz and her 5-year-old daughter, Tatum, walk along a line of Phoenix police officers attending the girl's kindergarten graduation. Tatum's father was killed in the line of duty three days earlier.


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Phoenix police department officers line a school sidewalk as they wait for the arrival of 5-year-old Tatum Raetz, whose father was killed in the line of duty three days before her kindergarten graduation.


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Phoenix police officers cheer on 5-year-old Tatum as she enters her school for her kindergarten graduation.



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Phoenix Police Department officer with 5-year-old Tatum, her mother, Stephanie Raetz, on the morning of the girl's graduation from kindergarten.

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The graduation ceremony for Tatum's kindergarten class was standing room only.

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[Lorenzo]

this a heart warming read!