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South Florida Woman Took Pic With British Office Minutes Before His Death in London Attack

A South Florida woman visiting London took a photo with a British police officer less than an hour before he was killed in the Westminster Bridge attack.

Staci Martin from Palm Beach County said she was walking pass the Parliament when she saw the officer. She took a photo with the officer because of his hat.

"I asked him if he would be willing to take a picture and he said yes. He was very much a gentleman and polite," Martin said in a phone call with NBC 6.

Sadly, less than an hour later, Constable Keith Palmer was fatally stabbed in the attack. The 48-year-old left behind a wife and children.

"We walked away from him, crossed the street, went to the next block and had fish and chips, and came out and that's when we noticed that, you know, all hell had broken loose," said Martin.

Martin is now working to get the picture to the officer’s family.

"If that was me, I would certainly want every piece of any remnant that I could get my hands on," she said.

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