As of this morning, I contacted the St. Joe County Jail and Shawn is currently still being held within the medical unit there, due to the injuries he sustained in his crash that killed Officer Szuba and his K-9 dog. According to the officer I spoke with, Shawn can not walk, so receiving visitors is currently not an option. My attempt at speaking with Shawn will , for now, be limited to writing him a letter and / or waiting for his recovery.
I am trying to get in touch with Shawn's mother, hoping that I can communicate my sympathy to the Devine family and share with them my desire to meet with Shawn. I've learned quite a bit more about Shawn and his family in the last few days and I will communicate more about the circumstances surrounding the accident once I get concrete info from his immediate family. I'd share more now, but I want to be sure I'm not putting the cart before the horse.
I found my Jr. High yearbooks last night, and found Shawn's pictures in couple of them. Back then, I used to put red stars next to those I considered my friends. Stuff like that normally makes me laugh these days. I wonder what my criteria for "friendship stars" were back in 6th and 7th grade? Because how not funny this whole situation is, I found myself a little emotional by this. The good news is, Shawn got a red star. I can only hope he'll remember me, whenever we get our chance to speak.
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