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launched out to SP Athol. I remember all of us cringing
when we got the assignment. Little did we know this
was actually the beginning of something truly special.

We all took the long drive to Athol to start our shifts and
wondered if we would ever arrive to the barracks. After
being there, we both decided to get a place together.
I remember looking at houses and I’d send you every
house I looked at online. You had the same reaction to
every house… “Yup, that’s great, that will be fine.” You
were so laid back, nothing bothered you. We ended up
renting a house together on the Lowell line in North
Chelmsford. You loved it there. Living with you at that
honestly the BEST.” house brought the true meaning of the word “brother.”
Maybe it was because I was picking up after you or telling
One of our friends who knew Matt best you to empty out the trash or reminding you to pay the
remembered him on social media:
cable but I always thought of you as my little brother,
Matty- and something tells me, you looked at me as your big
brother. One weekend I was on a vacation and a snow
Our journey began together as we entered a place we storm had dropped two feet of snow in the driveway. I
often referred to as hell. We lived there for 6 months and came home to Matt’s cruiser perfectly clean and shoveled
graduated not only as Troopers but as brothers. After out and my cruiser had more snow on it than the whole
graduation we both got assigned to SP Concord and that neighborhood. That’s the type of stuff brothers do.
is when I really began to know you as a great person. You
were easy going, kind, always smiling and full of life. We As for any situation, the more you’re around someone
had the same tough FTO that made us wash his cruiser the more you get to know them. You weren’t someone
even when it was raining and I remember you saying to brag so I always had to pry the information out
you were debating on quitting. I always laughed at that of you. You were a decorated war hero, you fought
because I knew it wasn’t actually in you to quit anything. in numerous places overseas and people would never
Once we got through our FTO phase we were both know it. You were humble. Whenever we would dress

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