Eric Ellison
[From article]
On May 24, an Orange, Texas, couple named Riley and Emily Portie were riding their motorcycle when they were struck by a drunk driver. The parents of five died at the scene.
Officer Eric Ellison of the Orange Police Department responded to the scene of the crash, and was tasked with breaking the news to the couple’s next of kin. When he arrived at the house, he found their youngest son, Kazzie, home alone.
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“It was a very upsetting situation,” Desiree Scales of the Orange Police Department told BuzzFeed News.
Ellison told BuzzFeed News that while he was sitting with Kazzie, the 18-year-old said he didn’t know what he was going to do because he supposed to graduate from Little Cypress–Mauriceville High School less than a week later.
“I said, ‘You are going to walk!’” Ellison told BuzzFeed News. “Your mom and dad will have front-row seats looking down from heaven, and I’ll stand in their place. I’ve got your back.”
Officer Eric Ellison of the Orange Police Department responded to the scene of the crash, and was tasked with breaking the news to the couple’s next of kin. When he arrived at the house, he found their youngest son, Kazzie, home alone.
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“It was a very upsetting situation,” Desiree Scales of the Orange Police Department told BuzzFeed News.
Ellison told BuzzFeed News that while he was sitting with Kazzie, the 18-year-old said he didn’t know what he was going to do because he supposed to graduate from Little Cypress–Mauriceville High School less than a week later.
“I said, ‘You are going to walk!’” Ellison told BuzzFeed News. “Your mom and dad will have front-row seats looking down from heaven, and I’ll stand in their place. I’ve got your back.”
Ellison said the accident and the family stayed with him, especially since his own 18-year-old daughter graduated on Friday. When Kazzie accepted his diploma, Ellison was waiting for him at the end of the stage.
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/a-cop-who-had-to-tell-a-teen-his-parents-had-been-killed-sho?bftw&utm_term=4ldqpgc#.lnwjW9LJdv
A Cop Who Had To Tell A Teen His Parents Had Been Killed Showed Up At His Graduation
Kazzie Portie’s parents were killed by a drunk driver less than a week before his graduation ceremony.
Originally posted on May. 31, 2015, at 4:15 p.m.
Updated on Jun. 1, 2015, at 9:53 a.m.
Stephanie McNeal
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/a-cop-who-had-to-tell-a-teen-his-parents-had-been-killed-sho?bftw&utm_term=4ldqpgc#.lnwjW9LJdv
A Cop Who Had To Tell A Teen His Parents Had Been Killed Showed Up At His Graduation
Kazzie Portie’s parents were killed by a drunk driver less than a week before his graduation ceremony.
Originally posted on May. 31, 2015, at 4:15 p.m.
Updated on Jun. 1, 2015, at 9:53 a.m.
Stephanie McNeal
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