A photo capturing the moment between Officer Nick Struck and a 2-year-old girl is now spreading throughout the web.
A police officer in Colorado is being praised online after a witness captured a poignant moment between him and a toddler whose father had just died in a car accident.
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The photo of Officer Nick Struck of the Brighton Police Department and the little girl was captured by a witness named Jessica Matrious, who shared it with 9News.
Struck had responded to the scene of a single-car rollover crash early on Thursday morning, the department said in a press release.
Officers found that two adults and four kids had been involved in the crash, and they all had been ejected from the vehicle. One of the adults, a man, died at the scene. The other adult, a woman, and another child were airlifted to local hospitals, while the three other children were taken to hospitals by ambulances.
It appears none of those in the vehicle were "properly restrained," authorities said.
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After responding to the scene, Struck was handed the toddler to comfort, 9News reported.
The girl's father was the man who died at the scene.
"When you hear that there's children involved, I'll tell you what, everyone that responds to that scene, you get that pit in your stomach," Struck told 9News. "The first thing we do when we get on scene is we just try to, if we can comfort anybody, of course we're going to go to the kids."
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In an emotional interview with the television station, Struck recalled how he sang the girl "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," which he often does with his own 2-year-old daughter.
"I have a two-year-old daughter and she's my first kid. So, of course, your first thought is that could be your little daughter," he said.
"I'm not a medical person, but I know how to give a hug to somebody, and you better believe every one of those officers on scene would do the same thing."
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