Chicago Sun-Times
CHICAGO - A caravan of police vehicles with flashing lights rolled through the suburbs and Chicago’s Northwest Side on Saturday.
Some motorists might have thought a foreign dignitary was in town — at least until they saw the “Operation Santa” placards on the doors of the former Secret Service limo in the middle of the procession. The limo carried Santa and Mrs. Claus to the homes of six families of Chicago Police officers killed or seriously injured on the job.
The first stop: Darien and the home of India Gordon. Her ex-husband, Officer Michael Gordon, was killed in 2004 when the squad car he was riding in was struck by a drunk driver. “We’re doing the best we can,” she told Police Supt. Garry McCarthy. “Seven years, it’s still hard.”