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and of course our men and women serving. in uniform all around the world. And we particularly pay homage to the people who've paid the ultimate price for their service. In late July 2018 in Kent, Washington, a disastrous combination of fifteen and sixteen year olds, alcohol and guns. Resulted in a teenager leading the police on a high-speed chase hitting speeds.
of ninety five miles per hour at night. Police officer Diego Moreno got in front of the fleeing truck and laid down spike strips. To stop the dangerous chase. after the speeding truck spun out of control, Marina was accidentally struck and killed. by a pursuing police vehicle.
A week later, thousands from across the country gathered to celebrate Moreno's life. and the procession stretched for over six miles. His widow wanted everyone to see her goofy, big hearted husband. as she did. I'm Shelly, Diego's wife.
From what you know about Diego and the way we have honored him today, it's easy. for you to see that Diego loved police work. But there's one thing Diego loved more, and that was being a daddy. Although it was police work that ultimately took Diego from us, It was police work that allowed him to be the father that he was while he was here. Diego worked late swing, which rewarded him with daytime daddy shift.
My phone used to ding every morning at work. And I would take it out and find multiple Instagram messages of riotous singing and dancing in the car while waiting in the parking lot for school to start. Then without complaint of his five hours of sleep, he would walk our daughter to class and stand in line with her until he saw her safely in the classroom. Then 40 minutes later, my phone would ding again as the process started all over again at preschool. To say he was protective was an understatement, and he loved his children fiercely.
When Diego's boots were unlaced for the final time, More evidence of fatherhood excellence was found. A fresh pedicure in primary blue, Diego had taken our daughter for petties just last week, and she got to choose his colour. He was impressed that the lacquer made them so shiny. Diego's childish enthusiasm for life was contagious. When playing sidewalk chalk, he wouldn't just draw with the kids.
He'd help them make our dog Wally into a pink striped zebra. And this week, when many of you stopped by, you asked, What is wrong with your dog? And I replied with the standard answer you all know so well. Huh, Diego. and no more explanation was necessary.
A few months ago, he and our son went to get a fresh cut with his cherished hairdresser. who I had bribed on many occasions to make a mistake. on his hair. Afterward, as a reward for a job well done in the chair, he took our son to pick out a new toy. A three-foot Nerf sniper rifle with a six-round magazine capacity and multiple magazines.
It has been open season on me ever since. with Diego as their platoon leader. I now have a four-year-old with a two-second reload time and a daughter that can apply a tourniquet. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. A speech about Diego would be incomplete without mentioning his affinity for food.
My skinny fat kid Diego has passed this tradition on to his children. That's my daughter's sushi set Barbie stuff down there. Our children are young, and their future memories of their father will be few and faded. But Diego left so much of his larger-than-life character with all of you. And I ask that in the coming months and years that you join me in helping them remember.
Next up, one of the people who will help the Moreno kids remember their dad. And that's his long time police partner. who recently switched uniforms. To become a firefighter. My name is Matt Monicks.
I was a city of Kent police officer for eight years, and I got hired. about the same time. Diego did. And I can hear his voice now. Saying What the hell is a firefighter doing talking at my service?
We talked about. This day coming. if it ever came. And Diego always said, I don't want you guys sitting in a chair staring at the corner. I want you guys to celebrate.
My first impression of Diego was made before I even met him. Had just graduated the police academy myself. I'd just been on the street for a couple of months, and I heard about this. Hard charger. This young guy that we just hired, very promising prospect, halfway through the academy blew his knee out.
And that's a career ender. a lot of the time. I've done it. And instead of having surgery to fix his knee and finishing the academy later, like a normal person would do. Diego slapped a knee brace on his leg and finished the rest of his academy with a blown-out knee.
completing all the physical and academic requirements. And then he got a sneak fix. That was my first impression. of a man that I am honored to call my best friend. Whew as a co-worker, good lord.
Uh when Diego healed up, we were assigned to the same beat and we were beat partners for many, many years. Diego lived his life at a thousand miles an hour with such a fierce intensity. I've never seen anything like it. I don't know. how he did it.
He would walk into the break room at work. And whether you knew this man for 10 years or 10 seconds, he would immediately. infect everyone in that room. with that energy. You'd take a lap around the break room, you'd crack a joke.
sit on someone's lap, make them extremely uncomfortable. He'd inhale a burrito or a donut as fast as humanly possible. And then one of us would get dispatched to a call. And through his Mouthfuls of carnes sada and delicious pastry he. And add on top of that is Venezuelan accent, which made it difficult to understand him in the first place.
He would key up his radio. His call sign was 2K56. He'd key up his radio and say 2K56 That unit is about to secure. We're about to go home. I've got it.
Show me in route. And then he'd do a little dance and he'd Go out of the room and you go to the call. That's who Diego was as a co-worker to me. And to so many of us. As a friend when the Iguanai began to hang out more outside of work.
We text each other. Hey, what are you doing right now? What are you doing later today? What are you doing tomorrow, this weekend? Whenever he texted me first, the message always began with a hey.
And then a word that Rhymed with swat. And after about the 30th or 40th time, he called me that. I said, hey. Is there anything wrong with just saying, What's up, buddy? How's your day going?
What are you up to? And it seemed like before I had even sent that message, he had responded. with about four or five more very creative ways of using that same term. And so I thought. You know, this is just Diego, this is a term of endearment.
And I thought that for many years until last week. When I was reminiscing with some very close friends and co-workers, and I just mentioned. You know, I always thought it was funny how you would call me that name or that word and I'm sure he called you the same thing and everybody got me a really weird look. I said, no, Matt. Diego liked us.
I think you were a special case. And even now, buddy. After you're gone, you're still making me feel special. As a father, Diego and Shelly were kind enough to Allow me to be a part of Peyton and Adrian's lives. pretty much since they were born.
I was always in awe at how he was able to amplify that intense and fierce energy that he lived his life with. whether there was work or play and By a thousand fold was Shelley and the kids. Put that energy back into them. I don't have kids of my own. But I always told myself that if I ever had a kid if I could be half the dad.
Diego was. I would be a resounding success. And maybe I set the bar a little high for myself even at half, but That's the kind of data Diego was.
So I'll close. With this Diego. I'm now talking directly to you. You always had our backs, buddy. Whether we knew we needed a back or not, we turn around and there you were.
And I make this promise to you and to you, Shelly. that the people who are the most important to you in this world, your family. will want for nothing. Ever. Until my dying breath, I promise you both that.
And just for you, buddy. I've got one last radio transition in me as a cop. Yeah. 2King 5-4 to 2K56. I know you're ready to secure and you're going home.
You can clear. We've got this. And my goodness. It doesn't get more beautiful than that, folks. And you don't hear men loving on men that way in public.
You always had our backs, buddy. And we can count, if we're lucky, a few people in our lives. who always have our back. We've just heard from a bride. and a partner.
National Police Week Officer Diego Moreno. With a kent. Police Department. in Washington state. This is our American story.
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