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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer killed in an encounter with the Boston Marathon bombers is still fondly thought of 10 years after his death.
MIT Police Sergeant Brian Sousa Jr. died suddenly on April 16, 2022, at the age of 49. A member of the MIT Police for 23 years, Sousa held various roles in the patrol division before his promotion to sergeant in 2011.
Tonight, we heard from his brother, andrew, and also the stepfather, and his boss, the police chief at m.i.t. and many people talking about their best memory of this man. and after the vigil, we had a chance to speak one-on-one with a man who knows collier very well, an m.i.t. police chief john difava and he discussed how much this young man meant to m.i.t. and the community and gives you a sense of the quality of person he was. listen. >> i believe he had the calling. he just wanted to be in law enforcement. it was not about the pay or the benefits or the retirement, but it was about law enfo...
Collier, and we were there when the motorcade left boston medical center and brought out here to at least 500 people from the community and fellow police officers, and et cetera coming to honor this 26-year-old hero that we are told by so many people all he wanted to do was to be a police officer. he did realize that dream. tonight, we heard from his brother, andrew, and also the stepfather, and his boss, the police chief at m.i.t. and many people talking about their best memory of this man. and after the vigil, we had a chance to speak one-on-one with a man who knows collier very well, an m.i...