While Abigail Evans, 7, and her family mourned the loss of her father, U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evans, she dropped a toy replica of the the Capitol. President Joe Biden, who was attending the solemn ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda, got up from his chair, walked over, picked up the toy and handed it to Abigail, USA Today, reports.
According to the story, Evans, an 18-year member of the force who served on the agency's First Responders Unit, died during an attack at the Capitol earlier this month. His body is lying in honor in the Rotunda, an unusual distinction for a private citizen, the report states.
In a related story at the same event, Abigail is seen wiping her mother's tears as her father's body lies in honor. See the video below:
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