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Worried mother: Helen Porter, mother of wounded Emergency Task Force officer Glen Bacon, arrives at Wellesley Hospital where her son was undergoing exploratory surgery after being shot
Worried mother: Helen Porter, mother of wounded Emergency Task Force officer Glen Bacon, arrives at Wellesley Hospital where her son was undergoing exploratory surgery after being shot

Worried mother: Helen Porter, mother of wounded Emergency Task Force officer Glen Bacon, arrives at Wellesley Hospital where her son was undergoing exploratory surgery after being shot

Date10/31/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Worried mother: Helen Porter; mother of wounded Emergency Task Force officer Glen Bacon; arrives at Wellesley Hospital where her son was undergoing exploratory surgery after being shot.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0120828F
      Pregnant wife: Marilyn Bacon, the wounded constable's wife, arrives at Wellesley Hospital early today with a family friend about a half-hour before her husband was taken out of surgery
      Pregnant wife: Marilyn Bacon, the wounded constable's wife, arrives at Wellesley Hospital early today with a family friend about a half-hour before her husband was taken out of surgery
      Russell, Jim
      10/31/1982
      Constable's clothes: A policeman carries the uniform and other articles worn by the wounded Constable Glen Bacon from Wellesley Hospital
      Constable's clothes: A policeman carries the uniform and other articles worn by the wounded Constable Glen Bacon from Wellesley Hospital
      Russell, Jim
      10/31/1982
      Emergency Task Force officers seal off house where man was shot after refusing to surrender
      Emergency Task Force officers seal off house where man was shot after refusing to surrender
      Dutton, Don
      6/10/1979
      Walked out unharmed with Emergency Task Force police, Karleane Wilson, 13, later told her mother she was too afraid to move from a downstairs living r(...)
      Walked out unharmed with Emergency Task Force police, Karleane Wilson, 13, later told her mother she was too afraid to move from a downstairs living r(...)
      Norris, Dave
      7/24/1977
      Members of the Metro Police emergency task lead a man away after several shots were fired a Wellesley St
      Members of the Metro Police emergency task lead a man away after several shots were fired a Wellesley St
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      10/11/1975
      Carried out, Emergency Task Force officers haul off suspect Robert Patterson, 56, of Brantford, after tenants of an Etobicoke apartment building heard(...)
      Carried out, Emergency Task Force officers haul off suspect Robert Patterson, 56, of Brantford, after tenants of an Etobicoke apartment building heard(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/5/1981
      Party's aftermath: A man is taken into custody by Emergency Task Force officers yesterday after a shotgun was reported fired in an East York apartment parking lot following a drinking party
      Party's aftermath: A man is taken into custody by Emergency Task Force officers yesterday after a shotgun was reported fired in an East York apartment parking lot following a drinking party
      Bock, Tony
      5/24/1983
      Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)
      Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)
      Stuparyk, Michael
      1/5/1988
      Police examine suitcace 'Bomb' An emergency task force officer examines items in a suitcase that was blown up outside downtown's 52 Division by a robo(...)
      Police examine suitcace 'Bomb' An emergency task force officer examines items in a suitcase that was blown up outside downtown's 52 Division by a robo(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      6/13/1988
      In the hostage-taking drama last Monday, Inspector Dave Cowan, head of the elite Emergency Task Force, talks with one of the 32 special Metro officers(...)
      In the hostage-taking drama last Monday, Inspector Dave Cowan, head of the elite Emergency Task Force, talks with one of the 32 special Metro officers(...)
      Mahler, John
      3/21/1977
      Happy pair: Melanie Spragg, 20 months, and her mother, Jan, can now breathe easier knowing that a new drug has postponed the need for emergency heart surgery for the young girl
      Happy pair: Melanie Spragg, 20 months, and her mother, Jan, can now breathe easier knowing that a new drug has postponed the need for emergency heart surgery for the young girl
      McConnell, Colin
      7/4/1985
      Proud mother: Carol Jilesen kisses her 2-month-old son, Paul, as his successful surgery is announced at Toronto's Mount Sinai hospital yesterday
      Proud mother: Carol Jilesen kisses her 2-month-old son, Paul, as his successful surgery is announced at Toronto's Mount Sinai hospital yesterday
      Power, Peter
      8/10/1992