(CNN) -- The Facebook photo, grainy and blurred, shows a boy in his Cub Scout uniform standing in the sun on the side of the road, his right arm in a stiff salute as cars pass by in Woodlawn, Virginia. The caption tells the rest of the story. Nine-year-old Lane Snow salutes the two-mile funeral procession Thursday for Virginia State Police Trooper Andrew Fox. The trooper, a graduate of Virginia Tech, was run over and killed while directing traffic at the state fair earlier this month. When the photo landed in Virginia Tech police Lt. George Jackson's inbox, he knew it would be a hit. Jackson manages the social media accounts for the college police department and posted the photo Friday in two places on the department's Facebook page. He asked fans to share the photo "and see how many likes we can get for this young Boy Scout and his tribute to Trooper Fox!"
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Photo of cub scout saluting funeral procession goes viral on Facebook; over 68,000 shares
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Lane Snow, 9, salutes funeral procession of Virginia State Police trooper Andrew Fox
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Fox, 27, was killed while directing traffic at the state fair in early October
In an interview with CNN, Jackson said he wanted to bring awareness and attention to the state police and @placeholder's family as a measure of support.