Pictorious

Over 20,000 people gather at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial wall for the 21st annual candle light vigil in honor of 133 officers who were killed in the line of duty during 2008 at Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 13, 2009.

Over 20,000 people gather at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial for the 21st annual candle light vigil in honor of 133 officers who were killed in the line of duty during 2008 at Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 13, 2009.

Lyndsey Camlin, of Washington, PA sits with friend Mckenzie Molinaro, 6, also of Washington, PA near Officer Nathaniel Burnfield’s name, a South Strabane police officer killed in November while trying to remove a tire from Interstate 70.  Burnfield’s name, along with 132 other officers who were killed in the line of duty in 2008, was added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial wall at Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 13, 2009.   Molinaro’s father Carmine Molinaro was Burnfield’s partner.

Officer Denis Schmitt, of Schaumburg, Illinois takes a rubbing of an etching of Officer Frank Russo at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial wall at Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 13, 2009.  Russo, who died on duty Nov. 1, 2008 was added to the wall this year along with 132 other officers who were killed in the line of duty in 2008.