Playground honors Boston police officer who died from injuries suffered after marathon bombings
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Updated: 12:18 PM EDT May 14, 2021
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Updated: 12:18 PM EDT May 14, 2021
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FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF KIDS. JOSH: JUST AS LOVE AND DEDICATION ARE NEEDED TO TURN A HOUSE INTO A HOME, THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE TAKEN THIS -- TAKING THIS SMALL SECTION OF BELCHER PARK AND RANDOLPH AND TRANSFORMING IT INTO A SPECIAL PLACE FOR CHILDREN. >> HE WAS GOOD. HE GREW UP HERE AND WOULD PLAY AROUND THE BACK HERE. ANTOINETTE: IT IS -- JOSH: IT IS IN MEMORY OF DJ SIMMONS, WHO DIED IN 2014 OF INJURIES SUSTAINED AFTER THE BOSTON MARATHON SHOOTINGS. HIS FATHER AND BROTHER ARE HERE TO HELP. HE WAS BURIED ON THE 17TH. THAT MONTH IS A DIFFICULT MONTH FOR THE FAMILY. >> DJ, BEING A BLACK POLICE OFFICER WHO GAVE HIS LIFE AND A HERO FOR THIS COMMUNITY, WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY AND THE DIVISION AND THE DIFFICULT TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT IS HAVING, IT IS LIKE YOU CHOSE THIS TIME FOR US TO COME AND BRING THE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. JOSH: COVID KEPT WHERE ANGELS PLAY FOUNDATION FROM BUILDING ITS 55TH PLAYGROUND FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS. IT TAKES ONLY TWO DAYS TO GET THIS DONE. >> IT COSTS THE TOWN NOTHING. THIS LABOR OF LOVE FROM THIS ARMY OF PEOPLE IS DONE BY DONATIONS. JOSH: YOU TALK ABOUT A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY, THEY ARE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON RIGHT NOW. THEY WILL HAVE A RIBBON-CUTTING HERE TOMORROW. WHERE ANGELS PLAY, THEIR NEXT STOP IS MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, THIS I