The Truth:
According to a
Nashville Government Web Site, police
officer Danita Marsh was "ambushed and severely wounded in a callous and
cowardly attack on October 27, continues to slowly recover at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center." The attack occurred in 2006
while she was responding to a domestic violence call.
The Metropolitan
Police of Nashville issued a media release on January 19, 2008 naming
officer Marsh Metropolitan Police Department’s Patrol Officer of the
Year for 2006. According to the release, "As Officer
Marsh continues to recover from her gunshot wounds, the 100 Club of
Nashville has committed to help her regain some of life’s basic choices
by financing the purchase of accessible housing and a specially equipped
vehicle."
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The City of Nashville
Hundred Club, a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1979, has
distributed over $400,000 to families of fallen police officers and
firefighters to retire their debts. Another release dated August
16, 2007, said the Hundred Club presented Officer Marsh a brand new
modified 2007 Buick Terraza, equipped with a wheelchair lift,
customized restraint system, and special controls.
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The email campaign
petition for the Extreme Makeover Home Edition nomination was not
started by the Metropolitan Police Department but is speculated
to have been started by a concerned citizen. A spokesperson for
the Metropolitan Police told Truthorfiction.com that this petition
campaign would not apply in the case of Officer Marsh because she is not
a home owner. The Nashville 100 club organization is making
an effort to provide special housing for Officer Marsh and information
for making tax deductible contributions to assist
Officer Marsh can be found on the releases.
The
ABC Extreme Make Over Home Edition web site
has an application process with links to forms and a mailing address to
send suggestions, photos and videos of deserving families in desperate
need of a home makeover.
updated 11/18/08
