Watch Live: Procession Planned For ‘Hero’ Worcester Police Officer Manny Familia, Who Died Trying To Save Drowning Teen
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WORCESTER (CBS) Police are gathering in Worcester Saturday morning to pay their respects before the body of Officer Enmanuel “Manny” Familia is escorted from UMass Memorial Hospital to the Medical Examiner’s office in Westfield at 8:30 a.m. You can watch live coverage of the procession on CBSN Boston in the video player above.
Right now, #Worcester police officers are gathering at UMass Memorial to pay their respects to fellow Officer Manny Familia who died trying to save a boy who drowned in a pond.
WORCESTER – Derrick Kiser, the former city gang leader who now leads a nonprofit aimed at addressing trauma in kids, is hosting a community cleanup and vaccination event Saturday at City Hall to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month.
“Mental health doesn’t have a geography, color or race,” Kiser, who has invited leaders from the community, legislature and police, said this week, stressing the importance, especially during the current times, of mental health awareness.
Kiser said the last year – from the global pandemic to widespread unrest regarding racial injustice – should be a reason to draw together and rally around the common experience of trauma.
WORCESTER Family and friends came together Monday in St. Peter Catholic Church to celebrate the lives of Edna Mae Williams and her son, Gerald “Jerry” Prince.
Williams, 85, and Prince, 61, both died in a fire Feb. 12 at 13 Jaques Ave. Woodrow Adams Sr., 71, passed away Feb. 13 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston while being treated for smoke inhalation and injuries he sustained while jumping from the burning building.
The life of Adams, who is the son-in-law of Williams and brother-in-law of Prince, will be celebrated Tuesday.
Woodrow Adams Jr., who is a court officer in Worcester District Court, had nothing but praise for the service and the outpouring of support from the city of Worcester.