By Nate Morabito
WMC 5
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Tim Lejeune says on one of the coldest nights of the year, despite the organization’s white flag waving outside the shelter, the Salvation Army turned his family away, because his son is 15 years old.
Prepared to return to their cars to sleep in 18 degree weather, Johnson City police officers came upon the family and took up their cause.
Certain the family should not be expected to sleep in their car on one of the coldest nights of the year, the officers brought the family to the Johnson Inn and then did something remarkable. They pooled their resources and were prepared to pay for a motel room for the family with money out of their own pockets.
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