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Thanksgiving Tribute

NPR

Published November 27, 2002 at 7:00 PM HST

Stanislaus, Calif., 911 Dispatch Director Jeanne Hardin tells how a local police officer and part-time dispatch operator's words of Thanksgiving ring true this holiday. Modesto, Calif., police Sgt. Steve May expressed thanks for his family three years ago on a company-sponsored bulletin board. Last summer, Sgt. May was injured in a car chase and is still in a coma.

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