A young boy is honoring fallen police officers across America, including two from Alabama, in a unique way as he runs a mile for each one to celebrate their lives and pay his respects.
Zechariah, a 10-year-old from Florida, runs one mile for each officer that has passed away in 2018 and 2019, and on Sunday, he honored the lives of Birmingham Police Sgt. Wytasha Carter and Mobile Police Officer Sean Tuder while holding an American flag with a blue stripe across the front that reads, “Blue Lives Matter.”
Carter lost his life after being shot on January 13 in the 900 block of 5thAvenue North as he was investigating two suspects during an apparent vehicular burglary in progress.
Shortly after he finished his run honoring Carter of Birmingham, Zechariah learned about Tuder’s death. In the dark, Zechariah ran another mile to honor the Mobile Police officer, who was shot and killed while executing a search warrant around 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.
“Our son is an avid runner and is running a mile this year for every fallen officer in both 2018 and 2019” Chad Cartledge, Zechariah’s father told News 5. “Sadly, he has many miles to run but he wanted to do this as his way of paying his respects.”
You can follow Zechariah’s journey as he runs to honor fallen officers on his Facebook page, Running for Heroes, where he shares videos of himself running.
Kyle Morris also contributes daily to Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter @RealKyleMorris.
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