CRANBERRY, Pa. (EYT) — A chance stop at the Cranberry Kwik Fill for gas this week left an Oil City mom and her five-year-old autistic son with a positive outlook of police and a tank full of kindness.
“We stopped at the Kwik Fill with my autistic son who also has a sensory processing disorder,” said Lee Clark of Oil City. “He saw a state police car pull in beside us, and he started freaking out. My son loves police officers. When he pulled in and my son looked over and said ‘Mom…we’re so close to a real cop. Mom. I want to sit in his car.'”
As she was filling her tank, she had a conversation with the officer, and she told him how much her son loves the police. She mentioned to the officer that she had read a lot online about how sometimes it is possible to get a tour for kids.
The officer, who prefers to be unnamed, smiled from ear to ear and said to Clark, “When I’m finished pumping gas, why don’t you meet me back at the station in Franklin?”
It was a quick trip to Franklin State Police barracks where her son got out and was more than ready.