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Guaranteed Human.

And we continue with our American stories and with our storytelling for National Police Week,

which honors those who paid the

ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives in the line of duty. And today we honor Damon Gutswiller,

a sergeant with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office. On June 6, 2020, Sergeant Gutswiller responded

to reports of a vehicle that contained bomb-making materials and guns

and was shot and killed by the suspect. And now we go to his courageous widow, Favi, and her

eulogy to her husband that was delivered only 11 days after he was killed, and only weeks before

she would give birth to their second child.

Have you ever tried describing something incredibly beautiful to someone who has never seen it?

Using just your words to describe something so remarkably special to someone who has never experienced it.

Some things are too big,

too beautiful to describe,

and a picture will never do it justice.

That's how it is with Damon.

I wish you all had the pleasure of knowing him.

Instead, I can try to show you a few pictures, pieces of him, and hope you'll understand that he was so much more than these few short stories.

On our first date, he brought ice cream over to my house, and we watched the movie 300.

You know the one about the 300 half-naked greased up Spartan soldiers battling an army of 300,000?

Very romantic.

On that first night, Damon was very respectful, or maybe just scared.

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