Not every 11-year-old gets to be an “honorary police chief for a day,” and for McKnight Middle School student Inomar Reyes Jr., also known as Ino, it was an exciting moment.

“I got to see the inside of a helicopter,” Ino said. Last year, Ino was diagnosed with leukemia and had been part of a clinical trial at Seattle Children’s Hospital, which has been described as “the biggest breakthrough in childhood cancer treatment in decades.” He is currently in remission.

“We were in the children’s hospital for many days and had spent a lot of time in the hospital,” said Ino’s father, Inomar Reyes Sr., in a phone call. “Seattle Police Department contacted us and we decided to do it because it’s just amazing what Seattle Children’s and SPD does for kids that are going through hard times.”

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