A 4-year-old was smiling ear to ear Saturday while he got to be an honorary Boston Police officer for the day and member of their basketball team at a local cancer research fundraiser.
(FOX)- “We won’t know where we’ll be a year from now, but today my son’s he’s happy as he can be,” said dad David Higgins.
Declan Higgins, a huge BPD fan, and is being treated for a stage III brain tumor. He’s had surgery and radiation at Dana-Farber for the tumor.
“It’s one day at a time,” said David.
On Saturday, complete with a hat and mini badge, Declan was picked up from his Medfield home and escorted to West Roxbury for a day of fun and basketball.
Boston Police officers were playing in the annual A Shot For Life: Battle of the Badges to raise money and awareness for brain cancer research at the Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Declan got the chance to be part of their team as an honorary player as officer said Boston firefighters.