Carey's Corner

CAREY’S CORNER

{carey peña reports}

HEROES AMONG US

Widow of DPS officer helps families of first responders

“It was just another regular day and he was gone on a 24-hour shift. We had dinner and I went up to grab the pajamas and as I came down my daughter says, ‘Mommy, there’s somebody at the door.’ I looked out and realized that a DPS flight suit was standing there.”

Looking through her screen door, Angela Harrolle could see a Department of Public Safety (DPS) officer flanked by two troopers. A sinking feeling took over. She knew what they were about to say.

“They told me Bruce was rescuing two lost and dehydrated hikers up on the side of Bear Mountain in Sedona, and during that rescue he was struck and fatally injured by the helicopter rotor blade.”

Bruce Harrolle, an Arizona DPS officer and paramedic, was killed in the line of duty n October 2008.