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Officers help make boy’s birthday with impromptu party, first birthday cake Oklahoma City police officers stepped in and threw a boy a birthday party and gave him his first cake after they learned that it was his birthday and he had never celebrated it with a party or cake. Officers learned about his birthday while responding to an endangered child call. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT MECCA RAYNE WITH MORE ON THIS SWEET, LITERALLY. MECCA: MOST OF US HAVE GROWN UP HAVING BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR OUR BIRTHDAYS YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT FOR ONE LITTLE TOY, YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE. SOME OFFICERS STEPPED IN TO SHOW HIM. AN IMPROMPTU SURPRISE FOR A SIX-YEAR-OLD AFTER A TRAUMATIC NIGHT. >> THERE WERE SOME CHILDREN THAT WERE IN THE DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE YOUNGEST CHILD ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL. MECC KAREN WOODS, THE FAMILY'S CASE WORKER, SAYS WHEN POLICE TOOK THEIR REPORT AT THE DHS COUNTY OFFICE, THE SIX-YEAR-OLD MENTIONED IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY. >> HE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT IT BEING HIS BIRTHDAY, HOW HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS WAS, NEVER HAD A BIRTHDAY PARTY. MECCA: AND WHEN THE OFFICER HEARD THAT-- >> HE DID SOMETHING ON HIS SHIRT, TALKING INTO HIS RADIO . MECC CALLING FOR BACKUP, PLANNING A PARTY IN THE MATTER OF MINUTES. OFFICERS ARRIVE FOR EVERYTHING NEEDED. >> FIVE SQUAD CARS WITH PRESENCE, AND BIRTHDAY CAKE. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUDDY. MECCA: THEY SNAPPED THESE PICTURES WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT PROTECT AND SERVE AND OFTEN GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SAVE AND CARE FOR THE MANY LIVES THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH HE