TRIBUTE STORIES

Thursday the 14th, will be a year. I don't know where the time has gone. It seems like yesteday that I received that call from Kevin telling me that there was a terrible accident and that you were involved. Even after a year I still feel the numbness that I felt when he called back to tell me that you were gone. I don't think that I have ever felt so helpless in my life. All I could think about was how was I going to tell Mama. I could not be there to tell her and I did not want to tell her over the phone. Thank God for Captain Paisant. He did as I asked and drove to Pearl River to give Mama the news.

It has been a rough year. I have shed a lot of tears and felt many emotions. I've been angry that you were a cop, yet I've felt so proud that you served your community in a profession that you loved. It has been from one extreme to another. For a long time I did not want to believe that it was true. It seemed that you just weren't calling me or sending me those e-mails that you always sent. We just kept missing each other. Reality set in for me when I vistied DC during Police Week. Hearing your name at the roll calls and rubbing my fingers across your name at the memorial made me realize that my nightmare was in fact reality. You were gone.

Your birthday was today, and you never left my mind. I pictured you when you were brought home from the hospital. I was so proud to have my baby brother. I can close my eyes and picture you at all stages of your life, from the skinny kid to the fine man that you grew into. I loved you so much and always wanted the best for you. I was very proud of you, I hope that you knew that.

The hole in my heart will never heal. I hear the echoes of your laughter in my ears. Yet, the bond that we had lives on. Even though you are physically gone,I know in my heart you have not left us. I feel your love and your warmth. You live on in our conversations and the endless stories that we share. Your family and your immense extended family will never let you be fogotton. Until we meet again, Keep the heavens safe and watch over us down here.

Love,
Sue Bee

OfficerName: Officer George August Tessier III
OfficerDepartment: New Orleans Police Department
City: New Orleans, LA
End of Watch: July 14, 2004

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