The Wetumpka police and fire departments and Elmore County deputies were on hand Friday to welcome home 10-year-old TJ Esco after completing the final step in his 4.5-year fight against cancer.

As the Esco family made their way home from Children’s of Alabama, they were met with the flashing lights of several police cars. TJ thought the car was being pulled over, but little did he know that it was a police escort just for him.