Organization inspired by Texas Tech's Floyd East Jr. supports officer, families during critical moments
Special to the Avalanche-Journal Oct. 9, 2017, found Carmen East finishing up the first day of her second week in Ireland. A programmer developer and project manager, she had traveled to her employer's office in a small town about three hours outside of Dublin and was staying at a local hotel during a two-week software implementation. As she got ready for bed, she spoke on the phone with her husband, Officer Floyd East Jr. It was six hours earlier in Lubbock, where he was preparing to begin his shift on the Texas Tech University campus. The Easts lived in El Paso with their two daughters, but...