Honoring Our Fallen Heroes – August 29th, 2025

As we honor those we’ve lost; we must also hold close the families they leave behind. The average fallen officer is 41 years old, with 12 years of service. 39 widows and 98 children are grieving the loss of a parent. Their sacrifice is profound.     

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Faith Freedom Florida. This is the Brian mud show. Ye
as we're protecting the Palm Beach. Is a tribute to
those who serve and sacrifice. Brought to you by a
Good Greeks Bureau and Good Greek Moving and Storage. This
is the weekly tribute dedicated to those who have literally
laid down their lives in service, but also to serve

(00:25):
as a reminder to the rest of us about what
is put on the line every day. Potentially when you
have somebody leaves their family, they go to work, they
put into badge, never knowing what the heck might happen next,
and far too often it's been something that good. Last year,
there was a huge increase in lds. There are three
hundred and forty two officers that were shot in the
line of duty. All told, we lost one hundred and

(00:46):
sixty seven in the line of duty, eight in Florida. Now,
the improved news is the rate of LEDs has been
much lower so far this year.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
These still unfortunate news.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
We have lost sixty law enforcement professionals in the line
of duty, including two in Florida this year. And this
is an incident that happened just yesterday in Boone County,
Kentucky Sheriff's Office Major Philip Rigel, who was talking about
an ambush situation that two of his officers walked into.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
They were getting ready to serve an arrest warrant on
a subject at one three one sixty seven Service Road.
When they entered the home, they took fire.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Yeah, it happens regularly. Now they are expected to recover thankfully. However,
over the past week, we did lose Officer Hunter Simonic
in Kansas. He was murdered when he was targeted by
the driver of a truck police were in pursuit of
following reports of gunfire in the area. Hunter was deploying

(01:48):
stop sticks in the road when he was deliberately truck
and killed by the driver. The suspect crashed his truck
while doing so was detained by responding officers. Has been
charged with first degree murder. And as we remember those
that have fallen in the line of duty, important that
we are mindful of their families as well. The average

(02:10):
age of a fallen officer forty one years old, twelve
years of service. There are thirty nine widows and ninety
eight children who've lost a parent this year, so their
sacrifice profound. And this is your weekly reminder to back
the badge and spread the word because Laura knows that
we need them every bit as much as they need us.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
All Right, let's go to look at some Florida headlines.

Speaker 3 (02:32):
Well, if you're looking to purchase some clothing or a
computer for personal use, and reminder, Florida's back to school
sales tax holiday is still on for another couple of
days through Sunday. Computers and accessories priced up to fifteen
hundred bucks, as well as clothing and shoes priced at
one hundred dollars or less per item or tax free. Also,
of course, if your kids still need some school supplies,
most of them are still tax free, and that is

(02:54):
again until the end of the month. That's this Sunday.
Palm Beache County Commissioners they have voted against for now
a plan to build a gas station at the corner
of North Lake Boulevard and Seminole Pratt Whitney Road. Residents
have been speaking out against the idea for the last
several weeks, putting a seven to eleven gas station at
that busy intersection. They claimed it would pose safety and

(03:15):
water contamination risks. Yesterday's vote came during a special County
Commission meeting. Miami International expected to be among the busiest
airports in the country this Labor Day weekend. That's according
to Triple A, nearly seventeen and a half million Americans
expected to fly over the next few days, and that's
a record high.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
Also, of course, lots of cars on the roadway.

Speaker 3 (03:34):
Brian, you were saying earlier, I believe noon to eight
is worst time to be on the road.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
So before noon or after eight pm today is the
idea if you are trying to stay out of this soup.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
And in addition to Miami, Orlando is going to be
one of the top destinations in the whole world for
Labor Day travel. Detainees being moved out of the Everglades
Attention Center for illegal immigrants known as Alligator Alcatraz. A
spokesperson for the depart of Homeland Security, confirms that they
are complying with the judge's order and moving detainees to
other facilities. Obama appoint federal judge Kathleen Williams rejected a

(04:09):
request this week to pause her ruling to shut down
the center, while the state Appeals.

Speaker 2 (04:13):
Florida has executed.

Speaker 3 (04:15):
Another convicted murderer, Curtis Wyndham, put to death by lethal
injection last night at Florida State Prison. Fifty nine year
old murdered three people in Orange County thirty three years ago.
It was the eleventh execution of the year, a modern
day record for Florida. National Weather Service confirms there was
a tornado that touchdown briefly in Pahochi yesterday. Happened during
storms moving through western Palm Beach County. No damage was

(04:36):
reported as it stayed over farmland. Was rated e FU
for unknown strength and Florida plans to control the invasion
Burmese python population with the help of robot bunnies. South
Florida Water Management District collaborated with the University of Florida
deploy the one hundred and twenty decoy rabbits. They've just
got underway and they said it's looking promising, Brian.

Speaker 2 (04:56):
We'll take it. We'll take it.