SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2015

When Mom Texts Her Dead Son To Cope With Her Grief, She Gets A Text Back

Kim Christiansen at KUSA-TV in Denver tells the story about Taylor Thyfault, who was exceptional. His ambition and passion led him to make a list of 25 future goals when he was in high school. 

By the time Thyfault was 21 years old, he was already an Army veteran and in the final stages of his cadet training with the Colorado State Patrol. On May 23, 2015, Thyfault was on assignment with Trooper Clinton Rushing on a crash investigation on Colorado Highway 66 near Weld County when they were warned about a high-speed police chase coming their way. They deployed stop sticks to attempt to stop the suspect. The driver missed the stop sticks and crashed into both men. Rushing was critically injured, Thyfault died at the scene.

A tow-truck driver who was at the scene of the initial wreck said Thyfault warned him to get out of the way, and this warning saved his life.

Sergeant Kell Hulsey from the Greeley Police Department got a new work phone this summer. He noticed the text messages instantly but assumed they were the wrong number and ignored them. It was that one message late one night that made him stop and think about his response.

“So I sent a text back and identified myself, and said ‘I’m with the Greeley Police Department, and I don’t think your texts are going where you think they are,’” he texted.

Seconds later, Adler responded saying she was Taylor Thyfault’s mom. Sgt. Hulsey immediately offered to request a new phone number. Adler asked him to keep the number because he was doing the job Thyfault dreamed about doing. Sgt. Hulsey couldn’t help but think about the passion he had when he started 33 years ago. He felt an instant connection with Thyfault. “He’s eager. He’s excited, and he’s willing to do a job that can sometimes be really unthankful,” Sgt. Husley said.

Taylor’s Mom says Taylor never got the chance to reach many of his goals as fate would have it he did find a way to accomplish number 22. He’s still trying to make a difference, and we should all never forget.  You can see that story below.

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