http://southwestobserver.com/fallen-officers-honored1022848 Comments for "Fallen officers honored" en http://southwestobserver.com/fallen-officers-honored1022848 <p>By Erica L. Green<br /> Medill Reports - Chicago</p> <p>Kathleen Lynch was 7 years old when her father was found lying at Polk and Clark streets under his police motorcycle. </p> <p>She was told by his fellow patrolmen that his fatal injuries were a result of an apparent hit and run - and that Chicago police officer Samuel Lynch died a hero.</p> <p>Nearly 40 years later, Lynch said as she watched her father's star officially enshrined in the Superintendent's Honored Star Case Feb. 19 that she can now believe it.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://southwestobserver.com/fallen-officers-honored1022848">read more</a></p> http://southwestobserver.com/fallen-officers-honored1022848#comments Deaths Police, Fire and Court Reports Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:07:54 -0700 Medill News Service 22848 at http://southwestobserver.com