Son of Fallen Deputy Fails to Buy His Dad's Squad Car at Auction

Weld County Sheriff's Deputy Sam Brownlee was killed in the line of duty after a police chase in 2010, and five years later, his retired patrol car was set to be

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ed off to benefit a charity that helped survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. It's going to be sad to see this car go. I think we all remember this as part of Sam, but it's the right thing to do and it's a good way to help an organization that really helped his family. Sam Brownlee's son, Tanner. wanted to own a part of his father's legacy when Tanner found out he would have the opportunity to buy his father's patrol car at

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, he started a gofundme page asking for help to raise enough money and managed to raise $3,465.

The retired patrol car was a Dodge Charger and had over 147,000 miles on it and was valued at twelve thousand five hundred dollars according to a Kelly Blue Book valuation. The retired police car may have only been worth twelve thousand five hundred, but to Tanner it was worth much more. part of his father's legacy and that meant a lot to him. Tanner had never bid on a car at auction before, so his plan was to simply watch what everyone else was doing and bid a little more than the last bid for a good cause, folks. We all know what's going on here, so why don't we go ahead and get started?

We're going to jump to 2500, we'll go from there. 25. which would have been two thousand five hundred and twenty-five now five. twenty-five thousand that had been five five thousand seventy-five hundred five five five seventy-five seventy five hundred that's ten thousand seventy-five now ten now twelve and a half ten that's four and a half four and a half nine fifteen twelve and a half now fifteen you have two and a half in front there bell it's going to be fifteen pulling that now fifteen now seventeen and a half thank you very much seventeen and a half no 20. yes 25,000 here we go 25 no 27.5 25,000 27.50 this is a tax deductible donation , so you can write this off on your taxes, no problem, it has a good cost, I got 36 thousand, you get, you are here 37 now 38.

Tennis started the bidding at 5 000, but the bidding price quickly exceeded what it could allowed and continued like this. All Tana could do was sit and watch the auction while his mother consoled him 49-41 49-41 thank you very much 42 I have 41 back 42 now 43 55.57.5 thank you very much now 55. 50 000. now 55. here we go 55.57. 5 thank you very much now 60. 57.56 I have 57.5 behind you you have to be 60. 57. I have to be 62.68 thank you very much. a lot that's 62.50 62 and a half you all did something in your own way mister steve wells thank you tennis hopes of ever owning your father's car were crushed when local farmer steve wells won the final bid paying 60,000 even though he only it was valued at 12,500 but that's what happened next that no one expected, especially Tanner, here's your card.

Tanner said that he had no idea that Steve planned to give him the car, but it was always Steve's intention to buy that car regardless of the auction price that Steve was originally going to buy the car at. the woman's shelter and then learned of Tanner's story and decided to buy it from her even though the two had never met before, as at the auction Tanner put another 19,000 miles on the car and also added some memorabilia from his father like like his various

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badgers now, for all those wondering what he's going to do with the car tanner, he said he plans to keep the car forever and one day hand it over to his kids anyway, that's the end of this video, thanks for watching and us.

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