Family of fallen Santaquin officer line Main Street with blue ribbons, honoring his legacy
It was a beautiful sunny morning with clouds on the horizon – a sign of more gloomy weather to mark the anniversary of his passing on May 5. The group that gathered was wearing matching shirts with the 'thin blue line,' a symbol representing support for law enforcement.
The mission? To tie blue ribbons throughout the city to celebrate Hooser's life and legacy.
'We kid that Bill would have loved every second of it,' said Lynn Starley, Hooser's sister. 'He's here with us today. He's still here with us, just not in person.'
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'He's soaking it all in,' joked Courtney Jones, his daughter.
One year ago, Sgt. Bill Hooser was killed in the line of duty. He was performing a traffic stop on a semi-truck that later attempted to flee the scene. The suspect behind the wheel struck Hooser, taking his life on that stormy May day.
'To see this weather, one year later, it's hard,' said Kinder Hooser, Sgt. Bill Hooser's wife. 'Because it's how it was that morning of.'
But the rainy and cloudy weather didn't stop Hooser's family and friends from completing their mission. You can see Sgt. Hooser's presence now all along Main Street in Santaquin. Blue ribbons line the road, tied around every light post.
'All the memories, you know, just flood me, and I miss him so much. I miss him,' said Kinder.
But as bright as Bill Hooser's granddaughter's smile, who joins the other kids in running and playing, his family says that the sun, however cloudy, does shine again after that rain on a May morning in Santaquin.
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