About 10,000 police officers from around the country are expected to attend the funeral of fallen Worcester police Officer Enmanuel "Manny" Familia, who died last week while trying to save a boy from drowning.
THE EYEOPENER’S MATT REED AT THECHURCH IN WORCESTER, WHERESERVICES WILL GET UNDERWAY LATERTHIS MORNING.MATT: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILLGATHER HERE TODAY, TO HONOROFFICER FAMILIA, KNOWN TO MANYAS MANNY.MAKING SURE HIS FAMILY KNOWSTHEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THEIRGRIEF.LAST NIGHT, IT WAS A SBEROMPRELUDE.A SEA OF BLUE AS OFFICERS FROMACROSS MASSACHUSETTS AND AROUNDTHE COUNTRY, LINED UP TO PAYTHEIR RESPECTS TO THE FAENLLHERO.OFFICER FAMILIA DIED ON FRID,AYTRYING TO SAVE 14-YEAR-OLD TROYLOVE FROM A GREEN HILL POND.BOTH TRAGICALLDRY OWNED THATDAY.TWO OTHERS WERE SAVED FROM THEWATER.FAMILIA LEAVES BEHIND A WI ANDFETWO CHILDREN, A FAMILY HECHERISHED ABOVE ALL ELSE.
Tuesday morning, a funeral service will be held to honor Officer Gordon Beesley, the Arvada police officer killed in a shooting in..
WBZ-TV's Christina Hager reports.
