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Old 12-24-2014, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jblum315 View Post
One of the murdered policemen in Brooklyn had a 19-year-old son, a junior at Bowdoin College in Maine. According to my daughter who went to Bowdoin, as soon as the college learned of this, they notified the family that the son would not have to pay another dime to finish his education. Then the college fired up the alumna association to start raising money for a fund to help the policeman's family.
Just nice to know that people care, even on an institutional level.
Thanks for the heartwarming post on Christmas Eve.