Sheriff’s Deputy Was Standing in Line for Breakfast When a Little Boy’s Action Catches Him Off-Guard — and Brings Him to Tears

You might say veteran Florida sheriff’s deputy Donnie Jackson has seen it all.

Before his 16-year run so far with the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Jackson spent a decade as an officer with Miami-Dade Schools. In 2003 he saved the lives of two young boys after their car fell into a canal, WSVN-TV reported —

— and in 2005 he survived a scary accident when a truck cut him off and left the scene.

But Jackson was unprepared for what happened to him Saturday morning before beginning his shift.

He walked into a Dunkin’ Donuts in Westin and sensed “that all eyes are fixed on me,” he wrote on his Facebook page. “I could only imagine what was going through the minds of the people inside the restaurant with all the negativity surrounding law enforcement officials.”

After he placed his order — “an iced coffee with a turbo shot and a sesame seed bagel,” he told WSVN — he reached into his pocket to pay.

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