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Beloved school resource officer fighting to recover from COVID-19

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Beloved school resource officer fighting to recover from COVID-19

Beloved school resource officer fighting to recover from COVID-19

Beloved school resource officer fighting to recover from COVID-19.

Hannah Buehler reports.

FAMILY AND FRIENDSOF JUAN PHILLIPS ...ABELOVED BUFFALOSCHOOL RESOURCEOFFICER ARE ASKINGFOR YOUR PRAYERS...JUAN IS IN I-C-U..FIGHTING TORECOVER FROMCOVID 19.7 EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER HANNAHBUEHLER BRINGS USHIS STORY..SOT: I CAN'TFATHOMYOU HEARIT ON THE NEWS THATIT'S HAPPENING TODIFFERENT PEOPLEBUT IT DOESN'T HITHOME UNTIL IT'SSOMEONE YOU KNOWKRISTINEDOUGLASISTALKING ABOUTBUFFALO POLICESCHOOL RESOURCEOFFICER JUANPHILLIPSPHILLIPS ISCURRENTLY ININTENSIVECAREBATTLINGCOVID-19SOT: HE NEVER MET ASTRANGERONE OFTHE KINDEST PEOPLEYOU'LL EVER MEETDOUGLAS SAYS SHE'SKNOWN PHILLIPSSINCE SHE WAS AYOUNG TEACHER INTHE DISTRICTSHE WORKS WITH HIMREGULARLY ATFUTURES ACADEMYSCHOOL 37..SOT: HE DOESN'TCOME TO PUNISH THECHILDREN HE COMESTO HELP THEM MAKEBETTER CHOICESPHILLIPS IS A 35 YEARVETERAN OF THEBUFFALO POLICEDEPARTMENTFRIENDS SAY HE'SSEDATED IN THE ICUBUT NOT IN A COMA..ON FACEBOOKACLOSE FRIENDWRITES"JUAN VOLUNTEERSAS A COACH FOR BOTHFOOTBALL ANDBASKETBALL ATDIFFERENT SCHOOLS.HE BUYS FOOD, OUTOF HIS POCKET FORTHE PLAYERSBECAUSE HE KNOWSTHEY DON'T EATHEALTHY.

HE'S ADEACON AT HISCHURCH, AND WHENHE FIRST WENT IN THEHOSPITAL, HE STILLMAINTAINED THEPRAYER LINE.

JUAN,TOLD ME HE DIDN'TWANT TO WORRYPEOPLE, BUT HEWORRIES FOREVERYONE ELSE."SOT: HE'S A PILLAR OFTHE COMMUNITY HE'SA MAN THAT IS FACEBASED AND BELIEVESIN GODPASTOR JAMES GILESSAYS HE'S KNOWNPHILLIPS A LONG TIMEHE TELLS ME JUAN"IS A PUBLICSERVANTALWAYSHELPINGCOMMUNITIES.

THIS ISSO UNFORTUNATE.THE MESSAGE HERE ISTHIS COULD HAPPENTO ANYONE."STANDUP CLOSE:PHILLIPS IS ONE OFFOUR BUFFALOPOLICE OFFICERSWHO HAVE TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR COVID-19.BUFFALO POLICEBENEVOLENTASSOCIATIONPRESIDENT JOHNEVANS SAYS OFFICERSHAVE BEEN GIVENMASKS ANDSANITATIONMATERIALS TO DEALWITH SUSPECTS, ORPEOPLE WHO MAY BEINFECTED WITHCOVID-19.HB 7EWNALSO TONIGHT




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