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Budi

(15,325 posts) Tue Mar 23, 2021, 12:56 AM Mar 2021

Officer Eric Talley. Once in 2013 he rescued a bunch of ducklings, today in Boulder he was killed...

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Mitchell Byars
@mitchellbyars
I was wondering why this article was suddenly getting traffic until I opened it and realized I have now written twice about #Boulder Officer Eric Talley.
Once in 2013 when he rescued a bunch of ducklings. And today, when he was killed in the line of duty:

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Officer Eric Talley. Once in 2013 he rescued a bunch of ducklings, today in Boulder he was killed... (Original Post) Budi Mar 2021 OP

How sad. Wingus Dingus Mar 2021 #1

That is a sweet story about the ducklings. He leaves 7 children, the youngest 7. Hortensis Mar 2021 #2

Heartbreaking! SheltieLover Mar 2021 #3

So sad 😥 sounds like he was a nice guy Raine Mar 2021 #4

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)

1. How sad.

Reply to Budi (Original post)

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 01:02 AM

Mar 2021

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

2. That is a sweet story about the ducklings. He leaves 7 children, the youngest 7.

Reply to Budi (Original post)

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 04:11 AM

Mar 2021

'... his father said "he loved his kids and family more than anything. "He was looking for a job to keep himself off of the front lines and was learning to be a drone operator. He didn’t want to put his family through something like this and he believed in Jesus Christ.”'