Blessed In Love

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Reactions Extreme at Ripatti Home Unveiling
At dusk on Oct. 18, an electric current of emotion jolted the crowd as Officer Kristina Ripatti and her family rounded the corner toward their newly built craftsman-style home.
Escorted by a motorcade of Redondo Beach police officers, the 33-year-old Southwest Area officer arrived in a stretch limousine with a surfboard fastened atop. In the background, LAPD Bomb Squad shielded the home with a heavy-duty vehicle, similar to a fire engine.
As Officer Ripatti emerged, cheers erupted from some 1,000 supporters—including hundreds of officers from various agencies—lining the street, neighboring yards and rooftops. Southwest Area Officer Joe Meyer, Officer Ripatti’s partner, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition host Ty Pennington welcomed the family and—in unison with the crowd—shouted, "Move that bus!"
Upon first sight, Officer Ripatti wept and her husband—LAPD Officer Tim Pearce—gasped with awe. Jean Pearce, Officer Ripatti’s mother-in-law, stood next to the couple crying, as she held her 20-month-old granddaughter, Jordan. Pennington then escorted the family into their new, wheelchair-accessible home.
Extreme Makeover sent the couple and their daughter to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico while their home underwent construction. Laboring around-the-clock, hundreds of volunteers completed nine months of work in seven days.