DJ Daniel, the 13-year-old boy who caught the nation’s attention during President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress earlier this month, is continuing on his extraordinary journey of becoming a member of as many law enforcement agencies across the country as he can. The latest uplifting event for him came in Arkansas.
As CBN News reported, DJ was only given six months to live after being diagnosed with a rare form of brain and spine cancer in 2018, but he was determined to live out his dream of becoming a police officer. Encouraging moments like this have fueled his survival.
But his recent special honor from the president of the United States was short-lived. As CBN News first reported, the cancer patient and his family became the targets of online attacks with numerous anti-Trump critics calling the boy’s recognition a “political stunt,” harassing his family online and with disturbing phone calls.
“I got a call, an offer to make all of this go away,” his dad told CBN News. “They thought they could pay us off to step back, to let this die down. But you know what? That’s not why we’re doing this. We’re not in this for money or publicity. We’re here because this is about my son’s life and what he’s been through. Money can’t fix that.”
