PERRY, Utah — A Box Elder County school hosted a breakfast for bravery on Thursday, welcoming two community heroes for an assembly focused on the importance of public safety.
Dep. Mike Allred and his K-9, Azula, were the guests of students at Promontory School in Perry. Both survived after being shot during a Tremonton incident that killed two fellow police officers .
The visit was part of the first assembly of the new school year, which brought the real world to the gymnasium.
“The challenge, when you’re working with kids, is how do we help them understand the hard things that happen in the world?” explained Promontory assistant director Emily Ross.
The tragedy that hit Tremonton isn’t lost on these children.
“It was really scary, and i was shocked by it,” said sixth grade studen