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Police Officer Who Is Paralyzed Able To Stand for National Anthem for First Time in 14 Years
October 29, 2019
One paralyzed Peoria, Arizona, police officer is being praised for never giving up on his calling, even in the face of tragedy.
Honor Guard investigator Bill Weigt was able to present the American flag beside fellow members of the Peoria Honor Guard at the Special Olympics Arizona opening ceremonies on Friday and stood for the national anthem for the first time in 14 years, thanks to a specialized wheelchair.
Thanks to an amazing new wheelchair, Peoria Police Department Honor Guard member Investigator Bill Weigt was able stand for the National Anthem and present the American Flag, for the first time in nearly 14 years, after he was shot and paralyzed in the line of duty in 2005.
What an awesome moment! Thanks to our Honor Guard for representing Peoria at the Special Olympics Arizona opening ceremonies!
Weigt was shot and paralyzed while in pursuit of a suspect in December 2005, according to KSAZ-TV.
He was shot in the chest, just above his bulletproof vest. The bullet “hit a rib, ricocheted down to my spine, and then paralyzed me from the mid-chest down,” Weigt told KSAZ.
Though the bullet hit him above the protective part of his bulletproof vest, Weigt is still a strong advocate for wearing them because they save lives.
Weigt said that any time he finds out an officer has been shot, he prays they had their vest on.
“It’s the simplest thing in the world. Why not just wear it? It should be easy, but it’s a personal thing for me,” Weigt said. “But if they chose not to, I wish they would. All of them, I wish they would.”
Despite his horrific injury, Weigt returned to work at the police department a year later — not as an officer, but as a member of the criminal investigations division, according to a video posted on the Peoria Police Facebook page in 2017.
KSAZ reported that the shooter who hit Weigt had killed another man previous to the altercation with the police because of a quarrel about marijuana. The shooter’s accomplice was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
https://www.westernjournal.com/police-officer-paralyzed-able-stand-national-anthem-first-time-14-years/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=newsletter-WJ&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=western-journal
October 29, 2019
One paralyzed Peoria, Arizona, police officer is being praised for never giving up on his calling, even in the face of tragedy.
Honor Guard investigator Bill Weigt was able to present the American flag beside fellow members of the Peoria Honor Guard at the Special Olympics Arizona opening ceremonies on Friday and stood for the national anthem for the first time in 14 years, thanks to a specialized wheelchair.
Thanks to an amazing new wheelchair, Peoria Police Department Honor Guard member Investigator Bill Weigt was able stand for the National Anthem and present the American Flag, for the first time in nearly 14 years, after he was shot and paralyzed in the line of duty in 2005.
What an awesome moment! Thanks to our Honor Guard for representing Peoria at the Special Olympics Arizona opening ceremonies!
Weigt was shot and paralyzed while in pursuit of a suspect in December 2005, according to KSAZ-TV.
He was shot in the chest, just above his bulletproof vest. The bullet “hit a rib, ricocheted down to my spine, and then paralyzed me from the mid-chest down,” Weigt told KSAZ.
Though the bullet hit him above the protective part of his bulletproof vest, Weigt is still a strong advocate for wearing them because they save lives.
Weigt said that any time he finds out an officer has been shot, he prays they had their vest on.
“It’s the simplest thing in the world. Why not just wear it? It should be easy, but it’s a personal thing for me,” Weigt said. “But if they chose not to, I wish they would. All of them, I wish they would.”
Despite his horrific injury, Weigt returned to work at the police department a year later — not as an officer, but as a member of the criminal investigations division, according to a video posted on the Peoria Police Facebook page in 2017.
KSAZ reported that the shooter who hit Weigt had killed another man previous to the altercation with the police because of a quarrel about marijuana. The shooter’s accomplice was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
https://www.westernjournal.com/police-officer-paralyzed-able-stand-national-anthem-first-time-14-years/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=newsletter-WJ&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=western-journal
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