Monday, June 12 was sunny and warm in Polk County, Georgia. Six
inmates were on a work detail in a local cemetery. It was 76 in the shade, but
the humidity was 100 percent. And no one was working in the shade. Suddenly the
deputy charged with watching the men collapsed. At first he didn’t seem to be
breathing. “When he started breathing, it was just real fast,” said Greg
Williams, one of the inmates. The men removed the deputy’s vest and loosened his shirt to try and
cool him off. One of them grabbed the officer’s phone and called 911. “They stepped
up in a time of crisis to show they care about my officer,” said Polk County
Sheriff Johnny Moats. The deputy’s family agree. They provided the six inmates
with lunch and dessert as a small token of their appreciation.
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