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Hunter Hand’s 8th birthday was set to be a small family gathering, without classmates or other friends, as much of the nation stayed home because of the coronavirus.
Instead, the bashful boy’s weekend celebration in front of his Palm Bay home turned into a once-in-a-lifetime that brought his parents to tears.
One by one, a small procession of Palm Bay and West Melbourne police patrol cars along with a Brevard County Fire Rescue truck and ambulance — all with flashing lights and blaring sirens — wound by the smiling boy to wish him a happy birthday.
“He was blown away and stunned that they were there for him,” said Skylar Hand, Hunter’s mother. The Boyscout, a 2nd grader at Lockmar Elementary School, waved ecstatically as some, practicing social distancing, dropped off gifts at a table across the street. "Thank you," Skylar Hand could be heard on the video saying as the public safety rolled by.
“It was just amazing. The world stopped but birthdays don’t. They made a child feel good on his birthday and that is a good thing,” she said.
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