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YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS
STORY.
A GENEROUS GESTURE FROM A
SOMERVILLE POLICE OFFICER.
FLOWERS AND A THOUGHTFUL NOTE
SURPRISING A WOMAN SHE HAD
PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING.
THE WOMAN WAS DISTRAUGHT AFTER
LEARNING THAT HER MOTHER'S
HEALTH WAS FAILING.
NOT ONLY DID THE OFFICER
DECIDE NOT TO GIVE THE WOMAN A
TICKET, BUT SHE ALSO EXTENDED A
KINDNESS THE WOMAN WOULD NEVER
FORGET.
I WAS SAD AND A LITTLE
SHAKEN.
Reporter: ROBIN WAS DEALT A
TOUGH BLOW ON WEDNESDAY.
THE WINCHESTER WOMAN LEARNED
THAT HER 90-YEAR-OLD MOM WAS
GOING INTO HOSPICE CARE.
HOSPICE IS TOUGH BECAUSE YOU
KNOW THE END IS NEAR, BUT YOU
ALSO KNOW YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR
ANYBODY MORE FOR SOMEBODY.
Reporter: HER SADNESS
INTENSIFIED WHEN SHE WAS PULLED
OVER FOR SPEEDING DOING 40 IN A
30 MILE-PER-HOUR ZONE.
I WAS THINKING, REALLY?
DID I REALLY, LIKE, SPEED?
Reporter: AS THE FEMALE
OFFICER WALKED TO WRITE HER A
WARNING, SUTHERLAND BROKE DOWN.
I JUST REALIZED THAT WHEN WE
LOSE MY MOTHER, I'M THE OLDER
GENERATION NOW.
Reporter: THE OFFICER TOLD
HER TO TAKE IT EASY AND SENT
HER ON HER WAY.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS A
SURPRISING ACT OF KINDNESS.
MY HUSBAND CALLED ME AND
SAID I HAD FLOWERS.
Reporter: IN THE FORM OF A
BIG BOUQUET OF FLOWERS AND
BEAUTIFUL NOTE WHICH READ "I'M
VERY SORRY ABOUT YOUR MOTHER.
I HOPE YOU FIND COMFORT KNOWING
SHE LIVED A LONG LIFE AND WILL
CONTINUE TO LIVE ON IN YOUR
HEART AND YOUR MEMORIES.
AND IT SAID "FROM THE
OFFICER WHO PULLED YOU OVER
THIS MORNING" AS THOUGH THERE
COULD BE ANY OTHER OFFICERSP.
AFTER SHE LEFT, I THOUGHT
ABOUT IT AND IT DIDN'T LEAVE
ME.
I STILL THINK ABOUT IT.
SO I THOUGHT I'D DO SOMETHING
NICE TO PUT A SMILE ON HER
FACE.
Reporter: ON THURSDAY,
SOMERVILLE OFFICER ASHLEY
CLAIMED IT WAS JUST A SMALL
GESTURE.
I WAS JUST DOING WHAT I KNOW
MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DONE
ANYWAYS.
IT SEEMED SO NATURAL TO ME.
Reporter: WITH A HUGE IMPACT
ON ONE WOMAN.
Reporter: FOR HER TO GO OUT
OF HER WAY TO HELP SOMEBODY
ELSE WHO WAS HAVING A ROUGH
DAY, IT WAS AMAZING.
Reporter: RITA MULLER, WBZ
NEWS.
I THINK PEOPLE WOULD HAVE
HAD COMPASSION FOR THAT WOMAN,
BUT THAT WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
NOT EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE DONE
THAT.
THAT OFFICER IS SPECIAL.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE
YEAR WHEN THEY ARE GIVING OUT