State trooper Donald Bossi is facing a long road to recovery, but got a source of inspiration at a blood drive in Peabody Friday.

“This is a community of people coming together for someone that they know,” said Jeff Pall of the Red Cross. “They might all know this person or at least understand the circumstances, but this is people every single day in hospitals or for cancer treatments. People need blood.”

Bossi was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash near Revere beach in June.

Massachusetts state police head, Colonel Geoffrey Noble, says it’s meaningful to see so many people come together to support Lieutenant Bossi.

“This moment to us is a reflection on what it means to be a public servant,” said Noble. “Being a public servant is about serving, it’s bigger than all of us. And wh

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