Remember Trooper Joshua Miller

It was on this day ten years ago that Trooper Joshua Miller made the ultimate sacrifice. A PFA violator abducted his nine-year old son, at gunpoint, from the home of the boy's mother in Nazareth. A high speed chase ensued and the kidnapper was stopped in Tobyhanna.

Trooper Miller, accompanied by Trooper Robert Lombardo, approached the driver's side of the vehicle to distract the kidnapper. While he was occupied with them, the plan was to whisk the boy away from the other side. The PFA violator, who was armed, shot both Troopers while Tatamy police Cpl Fred Lahovski rescued the boy.

In the gunfight, both Trooper Miller and the kidnapper were killed. Trooper Lombardo was wounded but recovered.

Both troopers were awarded the Public Safety Medal of Valor at the White House.

For Miller, it was posthumous. The father of three, he was a few days shy of 35.