A statue honoring fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French was unveiled Sunday on what would have been her 34th birthday.
“I could not have imagined a better birthday gift for her,” said Elizabeth French, Ella French’s mother.
Ella French was fatally shot, and her partner, Carlos Yanez, Jr., was critically injured during a traffic stop in 2021.
“I look at her, and I want to touch her,” Ella French’s mother said. “The only thing better would be to have her in person. She is beyond beautiful.”
Artist Erik Blome, who created the life-size bronze statue that now sits at Wentworth Park, said he wanted to create the connection Ella French had with people.
The statue depicts French, who loved animals, alongside a dog. The adjacent dog park was also dedicated as the “Ella French Dog Friendly Area” in her memory.
“I have heard the stories how she would tell her partner – stop the car – because she would see a stray animal and want to get it to safety,” her mother stated.
Ella French’s legacy has also been celebrated in other ways, including the non-profit Light the Line, which was founded by her family to support on-duty police officers.
“Ella is not the only officer killed in the line of duty, and I am not the only parent that has lost a child. This is for them too,” her mother said. “I told somebody once this is a wonderfully sad thing…like any parent, you would rather have your child.”
Elizabeth French said losing a child is “a devastation that leaves a hole in your heart and life that does not away, but things like this are very healing – very healing.”
Hence then, the article about new statue honors fallen chicago police officer ella french was published today ( ) and is available on NBC Chicago ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( New statue honors fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French )
Also on site :
- Golfer Masashi ‘Jumbo’ Ozaki dies at 78
- Nona Biosciences Expands Integrated Discovery-to-Clinical Capabilities Through Strategic Platform Growth
- Sanofi to Acquire Dynavax, Adding a Marketed Adult Hepatitis B Vaccine and Phase 1/2 Shingles Candidate to the Pipeline