West Seattle moment: Skateboarder’s spill, officer’s help

We received this earlier this week from Kent and Parris Sadow, proprietors of Atomic Boys in the Admiral District. They wondered if we might share the vignette about what happened to their son Monday:

Our 16 year old was skateboarding home when he fell hard. Just by chance, a Seattle police officer happened to see him fall. The officer took the time to stop his car and check on our son, checking for any real injuries, and even asking concussion related questions. Once he determined that nothing more serious than a banged-up elbow resulted, the officer still then insisted on giving our son a ride back to his friend’s house nearby to clean up his elbow.

I wish we knew the officer’s name, but unfortunately our son did not notice. Maybe if he sees this on the West Seattle Blog he will get our thanks. We always hear of typical police activity, but this was to us above and beyond the normal, and just genuinely really nice.

Glad to start Friday with some “nice.”

miws August 9, 2013 (6:02 am)

Wow! Good on the Officer for helping out! Especially checking for signs of concussion, since they can sometimes not exhibit obvious signs.

Glad the “Atomic Boy” came out relatively unscathed!

Mike

JW August 9, 2013 (6:11 am)

I agree. A great way to start the morning. Thanks for sharing.

Chris W August 9, 2013 (6:25 am)

Last night I read the Seattle Weekly article about the cops and the reporter in the International District. What a contrast this little story is! Thank you so much for sharing!!

Ben August 9, 2013 (7:43 am)

That is great to hear. Thanks!

Virgilbikes August 9, 2013 (7:52 am)

What a great story. Thanks for sharing.

sbre August 9, 2013 (8:16 am)

Max, Max, Max……

Sean August 9, 2013 (8:32 am)

Good for that officer, who apparently understands the nature of the job. I’m willing to go out on a limb and say that a majority of cops are good earnest and honest.

E August 9, 2013 (8:43 am)

Yay police!!

enough August 9, 2013 (9:13 am)

Thanks for sharing. Glad your son is ok. (We love your store).

anomie25 August 9, 2013 (11:06 am)

Great service, sounds commendable, deserves kudos, but isn’t that what we pay our taxes for?

wseakell August 9, 2013 (11:53 am)

Wonderful story, thank you for sharing! At our Night Out Block Party last week we had four officers stop by at various times to introduce themselves and answer any questions we had. They were all so kind and genuinely excited about the evening and neighbors coming together. With so much negative publicity it’s nice to see a great story like this about our police, as I’m sure there are many that we don’t hear!