CHICAGO _ The wife of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer on Tuesday released a letter thanking Chicagoans for their "outpouring of love and support."
Bauer was shot and killed Feb. 13 outside the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago.
"I want to thank those of you (who) waited for hours in the cold to attend his wake and funeral. You have no idea how much that meant to us," Erin Bauer wrote in the letter distributed by Chicago police.
"If I wasn't out of tears, I would have cried the entire route to the cemetery. I want you to know that I saw each and every one of you who stopped on the side of the road to salute as the hearse went by. ... I saw people of every color taking time out of their day, not only to pay respects to Paul, but to the entire Chicago Police Department."
She ended the letter by writing, "One man almost stole my faith in humanity, but the City of Chicago and the rest of the nation restored it and I want to thank you for that."
