Cops might not have superhuman powers like the superheroes in comic books and movies, but they still get up every day and put their own lives in harm’s way in order to make the world a safer place for total strangers.
Officer Damon Cole from the Fort Worth Police Department started the day like any other day, but one emergency call had him wishing for the first time that he had super powers. Cole was the first to arrive at the scene where he found a frantic mother searching for her 5-year-old son Joshua in a friend’s pool. The pool was full with murky water and was littered with garbage, so Cole had to dive to the bottom to search for the boy since it was impossible to see below the surface.
Cole bumped into the boy’s body as he made his way back to the surface, yet he had been submerged under the water for nearly 15 minutes by the time he was rescued, and not even the hour of CPR could resuscitate him.”We see a lot of difficult things on this job and you try not to make it personal, but this is the first time I’ve been directly affected like this in 16 years as a police officer,” Cole said. “I don’t view myself as a hero. I just wished I had super powers to save that boy.”
When Joshua’s family found out that Cole regularly participated in Heroes, Cops and Kids, an organization that brings cops dressed up as superheroes to events to cheer up children, they asked him if he would be willing to come to the funeral dressed up as Spider-Man, Joshua’s favorite superhero.
“I told them I would be honored,” Cole said. “I was really touched. I was having a really hard time with it because I felt like I should’ve saved him.”
Cole showed up at the 5-year-old’s funeral in a full Spider-Man suit as he had promised, but also brought along a child’s Spider-Man suit for Joshua to be buried with. The devastated family thanked him and even gave him a plaque they had specially made to thank him for his efforts.
Watch the entire video below to see the incredible way this cop went above and beyond for a family after he couldn’t save their little boy.
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[Featured image credit: Facebook/Damon Cole]
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