Police officers throw surprise birthday party for 9-year-old cancer patient

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ME TORI YORGERY PIT Police officers throw surprise birthday party for 9-year-old cancer patient in Pittsburgh Police officers throughout Allegheny County held a birthday party for Joshua Eastman, who recently went viral for his love of police patches.
"A few of us would come visit occasionally, play board games with him, shoot nerf targets."It was back in February that Joshua went viral for his love of collecting police patches.
"So that got the wheels turning, (and) I talked to my friends at Pro Bike + Run, they stood up and said absolutely."After surprising Joshua outside the Ronald McDonald House Thursday afternoon, the officers had a birthday celebration with cake, pizza and presents.
"We do some things with Joe and they do amazing work, and they called Joe and said, 'hey can you fix these bikes' and we were like 'yeah but we're going to give him a new bike instead,'" said Craig Cuzza, owner of ProBike + Run.