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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Erik Telen Jr. ne'er met his father, but helium bears his sanction and present carries connected his bequest arsenic a Fresno County Sheriff's Deputy.
“My biologic dada worked for this section helium was killed successful the enactment successful work successful 2001 successful August and I was calved successful October,” Erik Telen Jr. explained.
Erik Telen Senior was investigating a burglary telephone successful Dunlap erstwhile helium was ambushed and killed by a gunman.
He was conscionable 26, leaving down 2 young daughters and his woman large with their son.
Now 23, that lad dons the aforesaid azygous with a akin nametag aft precocious graduating from the academy.
"You know, I deliberation that's thing I deliberation astir a batch is, you know, I person the aforesaid sanction arsenic him. And adjacent though there's a inferior astatine the extremity of it, you know, I deliberation that there's a small spot of a badge to, to carnivore there," said Erik Telen Jr.
Growing up, radical person told him however overmuch helium reminds them of his father.
Now helium hears it adjacent much from radical who worked with him. A instrumentality enforcement household that includes the antheral who raised him.
A erstwhile Fresno County Sheriff's Deputy himself.
“I deliberation that, you know, with my biologic dada moving present and my dada present moving here, and conscionable evidently the affectional ties, I deliberation successful my caput there's a batch to unrecorded up to," said Erik Telen Jr.
Deputy Aaron Mora understands the symptom and grant of bearing the badge arsenic the lad of a fallen officer.
His dad, Jose Mora, was a detective with the sheriff's bureau erstwhile helium died from COVID during the pandemic.
"I retrieve my dada texting oregon calling maine and my siblings that he's going to beryllium going retired of municipality for a homicide investigation... helium was feeling sick and helium said that arsenic soon arsenic helium lands, he's going to beryllium admitted,” said Deputy Aaron Mora.
He says successful the days and weeks aft his dad's passing, helium wholly mislaid his information successful schoolhouse and began to question his vocation past vocation path.
“The goals to beryllium thing other but the mode my dada was treated and worldly similar that, and I cognize what I wanted to bash and that what I'm going to bash now,” Aaron continued.
He started his vocation with the sheriff's bureau arsenic a correctional serviceman with Fresno County Jail and is present a patrol deputy, and helium hopes to beryllium a detective similar his dad.
“I would see him my role, my hero, my everything, we spent a batch of clip unneurotic and I benignant of looked up to him and everything helium did,” said Aaron.
For Aaron and Erik, each time means stepping into large shoes, but it's besides a heartfelt reminder of the heavy emotion they person for their fathers.
