Anaheim Fire & Rescue and Anaheim PD celebrate birthday of 106-year-old resident
0Those who have birthdays during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are finding new ways to celebrate. Anaheim’s oldest resident, Elmer Thill, turned 106 on Sunday, April 19, and Anaheim Fire & Rescue, along with the Anaheim Police Department, participated in a birthday drive-by parade to celebrate. Thill, who survived the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, sat on his porch wearing a derby hat that once belonged to his father. APD squad cars, friends, neighbors, and an AF&R fire truck drove past Thill’s home honking and waving at him with lights and sirens on. “The fire (truck) and everything is here –…
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