Alysha Mostowski, from Arizona, loved her new bike, she had gotten it for Christmas and would ride it everyday.
In a stroke of bad luck, the house she was living in with her grandparents burnt down. No one was injured in the house fire, but they lost everything they owned.
Alysha was especially upset about the loss of her bike.
"When I lost it I felt really sad because I thought I wasn't going to get a new one and ride no more," she told local media.
Police had arrived on the scene to help the family and their pets evacuate. While they were there, Alysha asked if they could rescue her bike.
They couldn't, but it was then they decided to help her out in a different way.
"At the time we realised it was a total loss the deputies were heartbroken," Sgt. Kevin Kubitskey, who was at the scene, said. "They had heard about her bike and it was without a doubt the deputies just looked at each other and everybody agreed we are going to do this and buy a bike."
That day the police department surprised the heartbroken girl with the best present ever, a new bike.
"He told me he felt really bad about what happened and then he pointed behind me and then two other police officers came behind with a new bike and I started crying because I was really happy," Alysha said.
The present has been a much-needed boost for the whole family, who have been living in emergency accommodation since the fire.
"We didn't know we could be loved so much and we can count on somebody for help because we have had nothing but bad luck," her grandmother, Barbara Harrington, said.
Alysha is blown away by the police department's kindness.
"I wanted to remember the moment when everyone came to help out and it's just been so nice to have people care about everybody even if they barely know them they care... they put their heart first."
