Last month, a Prince George’s County paramedic got one of the saddest calls of her career. Two young children were stabbed by their father, according to police. On Sunday, she was able to reunite with the boys she helped rescue. Santa Claus even made a surprise appearance.
Santa Claus visits two little boys who were brutally stabbed last month. Their father has been charged in the stabbings, according to Prince George’s County police.
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Santa hands a bag of toys to a boy in Upper Marlboro, Md. on Sunday, Dec. 25. 2016. Police say he and his brother were victims of domestic violence, stabbed by their father. The boys were reunited with their rescuer on Sunday.
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Santa Claus came bearing gifts for these two boys, who were victims of domestic violence. They were reunited with their rescuer on Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016.
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Prince George’s County Fire Chief Marc Bashoor tweeted this photo of Santa, who arrived by fire truck to visit two young victims of domestic violence on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. (PGFD/Marc Bashoor via Twitter)
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — In her more than two decades with the department, Prince George’s County paramedic Lt. Pamela Graham was dispatched to one of the hardest calls she had ever received.
In November, a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old were stabbed. Police said their father was the attacker. They were taken to the hospital in critical condition, and there was no guarantee that they would survive.
But they did.
On Sunday, they spent Christmas morning with their mother, Graham and other emergency responders. The kids had a slew of packages to open, from new toys to new clothes, under the tree at Graham’s home in Upper Marlboro. And then Santa showed up on a fire truck to bring them even more toys and more hugs.
Editor’s note: The names of the children have been withheld because WTOP generally does not identify minors who are victims of crimes.
John started working at WTOP in 2016 after having grown up in Maryland listening to the station as a child. While he got his on-air start at small stations in Pennsylvania and Delaware, he's spent most of his career in the D.C. area, having been heard on several local stations before coming to WTOP.
