Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

To Senior Patrol Agent Catherine Hill, her loved ones and friends, and fellow patrol agents:

On this the third anniversary week of your tragic death, please know that your valor, bravery and dedication to your job is remembered.

I hope that your family continues to be supported and cared for by their law enforcement family, and other police survivors.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the distinquished service Catherine gave to her community and to the citizens of Califonria and her country, and for the supreme sacrifice she and her family made on October 25, 2002.

Phyllis Loya, mother of fallen officer
Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

October 27, 2005

I will never forget that morning at work. I felt as if someone had punched me in the stomach. Cathy was a great person and I enjoyed working with her very much. She was one of the few people who came to visit me when I got sick and was in the hospital but seeing her smiling face made the stay much better. Her loss is felt not only by the Imperial Beach Station but by the entire Patrol. No matter how much time passes I will always remember you when I pass by East Spooner's and when I pass the flag on the way home to the station. Rest in peace Catherine. "Honor First."

Senior Patrol Agent Shawn P. Moran
United States Border Patrol

September 6, 2005

I never met Agent Hill, but in reading the reflections I got a good idea of Agent Hill and her dedication, commitment and devotion in serving this great country. Agent Hill was described as having a lot of pride to serve. Agent Hill, this country was equally proud to have you serve in this organization. Rest In Peace.

SBPA Alberto R. Olivares
US Border Patrol

August 17, 2005

All of us from Class #419 miss you Cathy. We know you're in a better place, making a difference. Thank you for your service to our country.

Respectfully,
SPA Alejandro S. Renteria

"Dedicated, Motivated, 4-1-9 secures the line!! Sir!!

SPA Alejandro S. Renteria
United States Border Patrol

December 24, 2004

Rest in peace and I am praying for your family. I attended the memorial honoring every officer that was killed while on duty in the year 2002 held in Washington D.C. in May of 2003. Agent Catherine Mary Hill was honored as was my brother Agent Eloy Hernandez.
Once again, rest in peace.

Esperanza M.
Sister of Agent Eloy Hernandez USBP-TX EOW: 1-16-2002

November 20, 2004

On the anniversary of your death, I salute you for your service and honor you for your sacrifice.

Rest in peace.

October 25, 2004

Cathy was my best friend. We were American Airlines Flight Attendant's together before she proudly became a Border Patrol Agent. She was gutsy, had a HUGE heart, loyal to the core, and was very proud to serve her country. I hope I will meet up with her when my time is up. She would always counsel people who were afraid to start something new to "JUST DO IT."

Amy Miller
Arlington County Board, Virginia

July 30, 2004

Agent Hill your service to humanity with courage and devotion is the stuff that heros are made of.
You are a hero and you will never be forgotten.
My wife is a twin and she too lost her sister and in all my years of law enforcement I never quite felt the same sadness and pain that I did they day I had to tell her that her sister was gone.
It is the same sadness we all feel when an officer falls and they are gone.
We do go on though and we honor your memory and your courage.
Rest in peace.

Retired police officer.

June 3, 2004

Rest in Peace Catherine. Your Border Patrol family will never forget you or the sacrifice you've made. Thank you.

SPA L. Cabranes
USBP ELC/CAX

May 1, 2004

Rest in peace Sister Catherine, you are a true hero and will never be forgotten.


Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 7/15/73

Anonymous

April 29, 2004

I stop by this website often after the death of two dear friends with the NCSHP (Troopers Calvin Taylor E.O.W. October 3, 2001 and Anthony Cogdill E.O.W. May 30, 2003).

We all grieve over the lives lost in the line of duty. I hope you can find some comfort knowing that there are countless prayers that go out for your family.

These are senseless tragedies that never seem to stop. God Bless the men and women who continue to serve their communities in our great Nation.

...Gone, but never Forgotten....

Marti (EMT-Paramedic)
Haywood Co EMS (NC)

April 4, 2004

I am at a loss also. I know you are a true hero and you will truly be missed. I too am a identical twin. My heart is broken but our souls cannot be separated even by death. Rest in peace.

Sharon Atkins, Twinless
Officer Sheila Herring Norfolk, VA EOW 01-16-03

September 8, 2003

I am at a loss also. I know you are a true hero and you will truly be missed. I too am a identical twin. My heart is broken but our souls cannot be separated even by death. Rest in peace.

September 8, 2003

I met Cathy on Thanksgiving night of 2001. In just the few hours that I had the pleasure to meet with her, I found her to be genuinly kind and caring. We talked about her career, and the her love of dogs. She was very proud, and excited about her Border Patrol duty. She left such an impact on me that she convinced me to continue to persue my dream of becoming a Law Enforcment Officer, and applied with the Border patrol the following spring. It brought me great pain when I found out though the local news in San Diego, that she had died in the line of duty. My deepest regrets and condolences to her family and fellow officers.

Jorge Castro

Thank you agent Hill for your service. You will never be forgotten.

Andi -Criminal Justice Student

Another officer has fallen but not in vain. My deepest sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers of Agent Hill. May you find strength in your heart and may the Lord comfort you during this time.
Rest in peace for your watch is over.

US Park Ranger Catroppa
National Park Service Kennesaw GA

Cathy was my twin sister. I will miss her more than words can say. But, she was very proud to serve her country as a Border Patrol Agent. She died how she lived, without any fear. I know that she has moved on to bigger and better things. How many times do we hear that "only the good die young." I think there is a reason for that. I think God calls these people early because they have important work to do elsewhere! I know that Cathy is someone's guardian angel! Some day we will see each other again Cathy. Thank you to everyone who left messages!

Betsy (Hill) Didelot
SDPD police dispatcher

My prayers are with Senior Patrol Agent Catherine Hill's family, friends and co-workers. You are not alone in your pain and grief. Psalm 55:22

Denise Nichols - surviving spouse
Alabama State Trooper Brian Nichols EOW 2/17/2002

I have worked with Agent Hill, she was a great person and Agent. Agent Hill, you will always will be in my heart and prayers. Rest in peace and thank you for your service, you are a hero.

US Border Patrol

To the family of Agent Catherine Hill. She will be missed but not forgotten. She is a true hero. Thanks for your faithful service Catherine. Now rest in peace.

Agent Hill,

Thank you for your devotion to duty and taking up the sword for those who cannot. You bravely dedicated to yourself to a dangerous and often thankless job, made harder by politicians who neither understood nor appreciated how much harder they made it. Thank you for serving on the border of these great United States and doing your part.
Semper Fi

Sgt George Erdel
USMC Military Police (Beaufort, SC)

My deepest condolences to the family, friends & colleagues of Agent Hill. You all will be in our prayers. We have lost a member of the thin blue line, but added an officer angel who will look over those left behind. The members of the International Association of Women Police salute Agent Hill for the job she did during her short career. Godspeed Catherine.

Officer Donna C. Hillier
Purdue University Calumet Police Department-Hammond, IN

God Bless You........rest in peace. May you always be remembered as the HERO that you are. May God comfort your family and your co-workers............

Shelly Ragsdale, surviving spouse
Officer Alan Ragsdale, Hohenwald Police Dept., EOW 11-27-00

As a former member of the "Mean Green", God Bless and my prayers are with your family.

Special Agent
US Customs Service

I never had the privilege of meeting Agent Hill in person. However I had "met" her via the internet and spoken to her on the phone as well as communicating by e-mail.

When I heard that a local Border Patrol Agent had been killed in a single car accident, I had no idea that I knew the decedent until I saw her lovely picture.

How tragic that this bright young woman's life ended so suddenly and prematurely. May she Rest in Peace.

Brad Willis
Former SDPD