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Cards For Nathan

Friday, December 21, 2012

Area Police Officers Visit Virginia Boy With Cancer

Members of more than 40 police departments left the Burlington Mall this week to deliver cards to 6-year-old Nathan Norman in Rustburg, Virginia.

The only thing on Dawn Norman's wish list this holiday season is that her 6-year old son Nathan lives to see another Christmas—and that his wish of receiving cards, letters and patches from as many police officers, fire fighters and EMTs is fulfilled. Why? Because police officers, fire fightesr and EMTs happen to be Nathan's heroes. As reported on New Milford Patch three years ago, Nathan, who lives with his family in Rustburg, Virginia, was diagnosed with brain cancer. "I remember the doctor saying that there was an abnormality," Dawn Norman remembers. "The doctor kept telling me over and over that there was an abnormality and then it hit me. He was telling me that my son had cancer." Like most little boys, Nathan loves to watch cops, …

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