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UHP Trooper Aaron Beesely Honored in Utah House and Senate

KUER 90.1 | By Bob Nelson
Published January 30, 2013 at 2:56 PM MST
Bob Nelson

There was a somber moment of silence as Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Aaron Beesley and his family were honored in both chambers of the Utah Legislature Wednesday. Beesley died while on a search and rescue mission in Salt Lake County in June last year. Senator Pete Knudsen from District 17 spoke as a large group of the Beesley family stood in the center of the Senate floor.

“In recognition of the ultimate sacrifice paid by Trooper Aaron Beesley, the Utah Legislature hereby honors Trooper Beesley and his surviving family for their service to the State of Utah,”said Knudsen.

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Trooper Aaron Beesley died while on a search and rescue mission on Mount Olympus in Salt Lake County on June 30, 2012.

Senators Daniel Thatcher and Dan Valentine also spoke briefly about Trooper Beesley while calling attention to the daily sacrifices made by all public safety personal.
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Bob Nelson is a graduate of the University of Utah with a BA in mass communications. He began his radio career at KUER in 1978 when it was still in Kingsbury Hall. That’s also where he met his wife, Maria Shilaos, in 1981. Bob left KUER for commercial radio where he worked for 25 years, and he is thrilled to be back at KUER. Bob and his family are part of an explorer group, fondly known as The Hordes and Masses, which has been seeking out ghost towns and little-known places in Utah for more than twenty years.
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