Posted on 03/13/2023 12:25:28 PM PDT by ken in texas
NAVARRO COUNTY, Texas - State troopers stepped in to take an injured colleague's daughter to a Daddy-Daughter dance he couldn't attend.
DPS trooper Curtis Putz was investigating a crash on I-45 in Navarro County during February's winter storm when he was hit by another vehicle.
Putz suffered several broken bones, including a broken hip, pelvis, femur, ribs, forearm and shoulder, according to his wife. He also had a lacerated liver, lacerated arteries and road rash.
While Putz is on the long road to recovery several DPS troopers went the extra mile to share a special moment with his family.
Five DPS troopers showed up to take Putz's two fifth grade daughters to their final Daddy-Daughter dance. The troopers brought the girls flowers and escorted them in freshly washed patrol cars.
Putz's wife Tosha said her husband was proud and thankful for his brothers in blue.
"I know it’s cliché, but they have restored my faith in humanity," Tosha Putz told FOX 4.
Putz asks everyone to slow down and move over if you see an emergency vehicle on the side of the road.
That’s great for them to do this for the little girl. Her father is lucky, and lucky to be alive...a broken pelvis leads to high mortality rates.
I like what they did. These are real men/heroes in my opinion.
Darn pollen, caused my eyes to water every time.
It’s scorned in New England. Manes those without fathers look bad.
It’s especially nice, and courageous, when one considers that many states have condemned such affairs as near crimes against...some sort of gender something or other.
I’ll wait for the unhinged to comment on how offended they are.
“Putz asks everyone to slow down and move over if you see an emergency vehicle on the side of the road.”
THIS!!!!
What does it cost to slow down and/or move over? Officer Putz was lucky to live through it and how many near misses are there every day? Too many.
Kinda off topic...
I’m sure Officer Putz had a hard time growing up with that name. He probably still gets an ear full several times a month.
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