WATCH ABOVE: Claire Woodall spoke with Global News about how her husband tried to make the world a better place and the legacy he leaves for their children. Reid Fiest reports.
One week ago, police converged on a west Edmonton neighbourhood.
A police officer had been shot and, like so many, Claire Woodall took to Twitter about the dangerous situation.
She didn’t know it was her husband, 35-year-old Const. Daniel Woodall, who was involved.
“I cling onto the fact that Dan was doing everything that he loved doing. He lived for being a police officer, it was all he ever wanted to do from being a child,” Woodall told Global News Monday, in Edmonton.
Const. Woodall was shot as he served a warrant to a man, accused of anti-Semitic harassment, last Monday evening.
As she texted and emailed her husband to see if he was safe, two police cars arrived at her home.
“I knew it was him. They didn’t really get much chance to come to the door,” said Woodall.
“My main concern was that he didn’t have any pain, he wasn’t expecting it.”
The couple met in Manchester, England 14 years ago, before moving to join the Edmonton Police Service.
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It was a new home to raise their young family — a role Woodall must now do on her own.
The Woodall family has been overwhelmed by support.
Everywhere you look in Edmonton, you see blue ribbon tied to a tree in the officer’s memory.
“I just don’t know what to say to make people understand how grateful myself and my boys are.”
Wednesday, Const. Woodall’s life will be honoured with a full regimental funeral in Edmonton.
Live coverage of Const. Woodall’s regimental funeral on Global Edmonton
Woodall said it’s a way she can thank strangers for the support the family has received and to honour the work first responders do every day.
“He fought for what was right. There are bad people in the world unfortunately,” said Woodall.
“That’s the way the world turns. He wanted to make it a better place.”
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