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SALEM, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — A Salem mother was overjoyed when police showed up at her door with a gift to help give her son more freedom.
News spread when Stephanie Scanlan of Salem was having difficulty finding a light-weight mobile adult stroller for her 29-year-old son with cerebral palsy. She was looking an easier, safer, and more affordable way to give her son more freedom since his wheelchair van had become unreliable.
"She would call me and say Matthew is stuck in the van again, they can't get him off, he had to be manually lifted off the van," Diana Lamontagne told WBZ's James Rojas.
Lamontagne heard word and spoke with her daughter, Danielle Csogi, about the problems Matthew was having with his van. That's when Csogi told a colleague at Salem Police about Matthew and they worked to find a solution.
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A few months later, Salem Police showed up at Scanlan's door with a custom made adult stroller.
"They brought this stroller out and Matthew's looking at them like police? What's going on?" said Scanlan. "And we were just delighted I mean it's the best Mother's Day I've had in a very very long time."
Salem Police and the police union were able to raise money to purchase the stroller through merchandise sales.
"This changes everything for our family, for Matthew, I have the stroller in my trunk, I mean we could never do that stuff," said Scanlan.
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