Law enforcement agencies across the area host parade for child with leukemia

SPRINGBORO — Dozens of law enforcement agencies came together to wish a little boy battling cancer a happy birthday.

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Eli said he wants to be like these officers when he grows up.

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Officer Aaron Morgan with Springboro Police Department posted Eli’s story on social media and asked for other law enforcement agencies to help him celebrate turning 6 with a parade.

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What started with only a few cruisers quickly grew.

Eli is battling leukemia and, due to his compromised immune system, cannot be around large numbers of people, so the parade is coming to him.

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