January 11,
2002
Wade Nave
Bokchito, Oklahoma Police Department
E-mail: LawIn4Cer@msn.com
MY NAME IS WADE NAVE, I LIVED AT
503 COURT STREET IN CADDO ,OK. ON MAY 26,
1978. I WAS 5 YEARS OLD, I WAS ONE
OF THE 4 CHILDREN PLAYING ON THE STREET CORNER THAT DAY WHEN DENNIS
AND LANCASTER TURNED THAT BLUE PICKUP ONTO COURT STREET AND INTO THE
SLACKS DRIVEWAY. ALTHOUGH I WAS ONLY 5,
I CAN REMEMBER THAT DAY LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
AS I LOOK BACK IT IS MY BELIEF THAT DENNIS AND LANCASTER HAD
PLANNED TO DIE THAT DAY BECAUSE WHEN THEY DROVE PAST US WHILE WE
WERE RUNNING BACK TOWARDS OUR HOUSE DENNIS AND LANCASTER HAD EVERY
CHANCE TO REACH OUT AND GRAB ANY OF US TO TAKE AS HOSTAGES.
BUT THEY DIDNT. IRONICALLY, I GUESS
THAT WAS OUR LUCKY DAY. ILL NEVER FORGET
THAT DAY MAY 26, 1978 THAT WAS THE DAY
THAT I LEARNED WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP,
A POLICE OFFICER AND THAT'S WHAT I AM TODAY ALONG WITH MY
BROTHER KEVIN WHO WAS WITH ME THAT DAY,
AND WE BOTH UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH THOSE TROOPERS MINDS
ON MAY 26,1978 AND WE HOPE WE CAN BE THERE FOR THEM IF THEY EVER
NEED US.
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