Cop Stops Man That Looks Like His late Son Seconds later He Sees What’s On Dashboard

policeman stops man that looks like his dead son seconds later he sees what's on the dashboard the child's age at the time of their death or the cause of their death doesn't seem to make a difference losing a child is one of the most difficult things a parent can ever go through there are many parents who just can't get past the loss of a child they find a way to go on sometimes but still the hurt the sorrow and the loss never goes away when that child is gone the parents are going to feel the loss for the rest of their lives a police officer lost his son and the hole in his heart still remained here's the story of the day that the policeman stopped a man because he looked like his dead son seconds later he sees what's on the dashboard one morning in April 2017 a man named William James when ski was driving down the street when he saw the lights of a police car flashing in his rearview mirror he saw the lights right away the man pulled over instantly as the officer got out of his car and walked over to William William was wondering why was being pulled over was he driving too fast did he run a stop sign did he have a taillight out he wasn't sure why he was being pulled over until the officer got to the window it turned out the officer just wanted to thank William for his military service when the officer thanked William for his service he realized that the officer must have seen the military bumper sticker that William had on the back of his trunk after that officer thanked William for a service he asked him where he'd served William told him that he'd served in Iraq for 15 months and that he had recently come home the officer looked at William with sadness in his eyes he told William that he'd never served overseas however his son did he explained how his son had served in Iraq but sadly never made it home he was killed in the line of duty Williams heart was broken after hearing the officers story because he also lost fellow military members and friends in Iraq as the two men were talking the officer looked on Williams dashboard he saw an American flag on the dashboard and it was exactly like the one the officer received when he was told his son died in Iraq it was then that the officer asked William a strange question that he'd never been asked before the officer asked William if he could have a hug he didn't ask this question to be weird or because he was attracted to William he explained that William had reminded him a lot of his son he explained that when he first pulled him over for just a second he thought that William was his son the officer explained to William that although his son had been gone for a while he still couldn't believe most days that he was gone he explained that there were other days that he didn't want to believe his son was gone hearing the officers story moved Williams so much that he reached in and gave MOG his eyes filled with tears well he thought about what this poor man had been through nog that William gave the officer was not an ordinary hug where you just lean in and hug quickly he got out of his truck and they hugged hard and long the officers story moved William he thought about the officer his son and all the friends that he had lost while he was overseas in Iraq fighting for his country it turned out that when William was pulled over he was on his way home from a treatment program when William came home from Iraq he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD it's a very common issue for military personnel coming home from war zone it's a serious condition that causes stress anxiety depression nightmares it can also create night terrors and without treatment it could sometimes result in suicide William went to a military rehabilitation program for his condition every week he'd been doing this ever since he got home well at the program he asked to open up and relive horrible experiences in order to heal since he was on his way home when he was pulled over by the officer he was still feeling a bit emotional a hug from the officer who was struggling just as much if not more than he was helped him a lot that hug was exactly what he needed Williams's Winsky my heart ached for the officer as I offered my condolences at that exact moment Williams said after the hug helped him feel better in two ways in that moment he needed a hug it also helped him because he felt that in just a small way he was helping the police officer he believed the officers fallen son was looking down on those two men appreciating what William was doing for his father when the two men were done talking the officer got back in his car and back on patrol William got back in his truck and had it home well driving home he looked over the flag on his dashboard and thought about Iraq the friends he made in the frenzy lost he was so impressed with the officer that he shared what happened on Facebook since then his story has been shared over 180 1000 times he got 11,000 comments on his post and over 138 thousand likes people all over the world found Williams story incredibly touching the officer was struggling with his grief for a moment mistook William for his son people were moved by the fact that the two men hugged and in some small way understood each other this goes to show you not every story that goes viral about the police is a bad one