At 27, Teddy Golubowski was excelling as Class Leader at the Ocean County Police Academy when he received devastating news. Despite debilitating pain, he still planned to drive to the Academy to be properly dismissed — because that's what you do when you've made a commitment.

This is the story of a young man who spent his life serving others: from a 5-year-old Toms River Raider to a college football player, from public works employee to police academy cadet. Teddy understood that how you show up matters more than how long you stay.

Real people. Real lives. Remembered.

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