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Letter to glamour magazine from 9-11 murdered Police Officers Husband..... QUOTE..Glamour Magazine
Conde Nast
1 World Trade Center
New York, NY10007
Dear Ms.Leive,
On October 29th, 2001 I was honored to except the Glamour Magazine "Woman of the Year Award" posthumously given to my wife, Police Officer Moira Smith. Moira was killed on September 11th, 2001 while rescuing thousands from the World Trade Center. EMT Yamel Merino was also posthumously honored that evening for her heroism.
I was shocked and saddened to learn that Glamour has just named Bruce Jenner "Woman of the Year". I find it insulting to Moira Smith's memory, and the memory of other heroic women who have earned this award. Was there no woman in America, or the rest of the world, more deserving than this man? At a time when we have women in the armed forces fighting and dying for our country, heroic doctors fighting deadly diseases, women police officers and firefighters putting their lives on the line for total strangers, brave women overcoming life threatening diseases?
the list of possibilities goes on?is this the best you could do?
I can only guess that this was a publicity stunt meant to resuscitate a dying medium.After discussing this slap in the face to the memory of our Hero with my family, I have decided to return Moira's award to Glamour Magazine.
Sincerely,
James J Smith.
UNQUOTE.
Conde Nast
1 World Trade Center
New York, NY10007
Dear Ms.Leive,
On October 29th, 2001 I was honored to except the Glamour Magazine "Woman of the Year Award" posthumously given to my wife, Police Officer Moira Smith. Moira was killed on September 11th, 2001 while rescuing thousands from the World Trade Center. EMT Yamel Merino was also posthumously honored that evening for her heroism.
I was shocked and saddened to learn that Glamour has just named Bruce Jenner "Woman of the Year". I find it insulting to Moira Smith's memory, and the memory of other heroic women who have earned this award. Was there no woman in America, or the rest of the world, more deserving than this man? At a time when we have women in the armed forces fighting and dying for our country, heroic doctors fighting deadly diseases, women police officers and firefighters putting their lives on the line for total strangers, brave women overcoming life threatening diseases?
the list of possibilities goes on?is this the best you could do?
I can only guess that this was a publicity stunt meant to resuscitate a dying medium.After discussing this slap in the face to the memory of our Hero with my family, I have decided to return Moira's award to Glamour Magazine.
Sincerely,
James J Smith.
UNQUOTE.
My wife was a steady customer of Glamor Magazine before she passed away a few years ago. For just about every Christmas in our 35 years of marriage, I would always renew her subscription as part of her Christmas gift.
I think if she was still with us and she had read this letter, her and I would feel the same way. After all those years, we would no longer renew that yearly subscription.
I think I will also sit down to tell Glamor Magazine just how I feel too. How can they give the same award for something so different in value.
I think if she was still with us and she had read this letter, her and I would feel the same way. After all those years, we would no longer renew that yearly subscription.
I think I will also sit down to tell Glamor Magazine just how I feel too. How can they give the same award for something so different in value.
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BROTHERS...at 2100 hrs this day 12-16-15 Please take time to remember & say a Prayer for an NYPD Officer who made the Supreme Sacrifice 34 years ago tonight protecting His Family...... www.odmp.org/officer/1034-police-officer-anthony-j-abruzzo-jr .....Tony Continued RIP....as you look down from your Sector in Heaven w/Poppa Joe who you gave your life protecting & joined you a few short years ago after the many additional years you gave him on earth you see that Barbara although still grieving & Never Forgetting that night is Healthy & today surrounded by Family & Friends later this evening after the tears slow down we will all raise a glass to you & your selfless act....You will never be forgotten & are a Legend in our neighborhood....We Salute you...... www.nytimes.com/1983/05/18/nyregion/about-new-york.html .......the three perps tommy nelson..larry johnson & derek jones ..were captured 6 months later & all sentenced to 25 to life...jones died in jail in March 2014 the other two remain in jail.
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I wish them all the best and ask St. Michael to watch over them as well.
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AFTER ASSAULTING A FF & A PO IN MARCH HOW IS HE WALKING THE STREET ?.....NYPD cop recovering after being shot breaking up gang battle
By Kevin Fasick, Melkorka Licea and Shevarnanzi Calle
January 9, 2016 | 4:33am
A fare beater with a history of prior arrests shot an NYPD cop during a wild melee in the Bronx early Saturday, just three hours after being released from jail, police said.
Officer Sherrod Stuart, 25, was struck in the right ankle but managed to return fire, hitting alleged shooter Christopher Rice four times amidst the overnight chaos in Mott Haven in which seven people in all were shot or stabbed, according to cops.
Stuart was with a group of plainclothes officers who responded to complaints about hundreds of partying gangbangers who had flooded the neighborhood after violence marred a ?jump up? party at 2505 Third Avenue in Mott Haven, sources said. Five people were stabbed at the party, where a fight involving ?guns, bats, [and] knives? broke out, said Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.
As Stuart and his colleagues tried to break up the battle, both sides turned on them.
Gunfire broke out, and a bullet hit Stuart in the ankle. Two other officers suffered minor injuries, but were not hit by any bullets. At the scene, cops recovered four guns, including the .387 automatic used to shoot Stuart.
Rice, the shooting suspect, was nabbed for fare beating Friday at the 6 train stop East 138th Street and Third Avenue. He was released on bail at 11 p.m., and wasted no time getting himself back in trouble, Bratton said at a news conference Saturday morning.
The 19-year-old suspect already has five prior arrests, including one March 4 when he was charged with assaulting a police officer and a firefighter, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct in an incident at Willis Avenue and 137th Street.
Stuart doesn?t appear to range far from his neighborhood. The fare beating arrest occurred right around the corner from the shooting scene, and the March 4 incident occurred just four blocks away.
Officer Stuart joined the NYPD four years ago. His father is a detective currently on active duty with the US Army, officials said.
The NYPD ?won the day? with their sharp response at the unwieldy scene, said Mayor de Blasio.
?What an impressive young man, who went in to this very dangerous situation and handled himself so well,? Mayor Bill de Blasio said in praise of the wounded officer, who works in the Anti-Crime Unit. ?This young man ? he had distinguished himself already in this situation he distinguished himself further with his quick thinking and brave actions and thank God, his injuries are not life threatening.?
The mayor hailed the NYPD?s speedy response to the situation.
?The fact is that backup came quick. His fellow officers did all the right things to subdue these criminals,? de Blasio said. ?This is obviously a large group of people in a fight. NYPD officers handled this situation, defused this situation, got the guns and as you heard, won the day.?
By Kevin Fasick, Melkorka Licea and Shevarnanzi Calle
January 9, 2016 | 4:33am
A fare beater with a history of prior arrests shot an NYPD cop during a wild melee in the Bronx early Saturday, just three hours after being released from jail, police said.
Officer Sherrod Stuart, 25, was struck in the right ankle but managed to return fire, hitting alleged shooter Christopher Rice four times amidst the overnight chaos in Mott Haven in which seven people in all were shot or stabbed, according to cops.
Stuart was with a group of plainclothes officers who responded to complaints about hundreds of partying gangbangers who had flooded the neighborhood after violence marred a ?jump up? party at 2505 Third Avenue in Mott Haven, sources said. Five people were stabbed at the party, where a fight involving ?guns, bats, [and] knives? broke out, said Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.
As Stuart and his colleagues tried to break up the battle, both sides turned on them.
Gunfire broke out, and a bullet hit Stuart in the ankle. Two other officers suffered minor injuries, but were not hit by any bullets. At the scene, cops recovered four guns, including the .387 automatic used to shoot Stuart.
Rice, the shooting suspect, was nabbed for fare beating Friday at the 6 train stop East 138th Street and Third Avenue. He was released on bail at 11 p.m., and wasted no time getting himself back in trouble, Bratton said at a news conference Saturday morning.
The 19-year-old suspect already has five prior arrests, including one March 4 when he was charged with assaulting a police officer and a firefighter, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct in an incident at Willis Avenue and 137th Street.
Stuart doesn?t appear to range far from his neighborhood. The fare beating arrest occurred right around the corner from the shooting scene, and the March 4 incident occurred just four blocks away.
Officer Stuart joined the NYPD four years ago. His father is a detective currently on active duty with the US Army, officials said.
The NYPD ?won the day? with their sharp response at the unwieldy scene, said Mayor de Blasio.
?What an impressive young man, who went in to this very dangerous situation and handled himself so well,? Mayor Bill de Blasio said in praise of the wounded officer, who works in the Anti-Crime Unit. ?This young man ? he had distinguished himself already in this situation he distinguished himself further with his quick thinking and brave actions and thank God, his injuries are not life threatening.?
The mayor hailed the NYPD?s speedy response to the situation.
?The fact is that backup came quick. His fellow officers did all the right things to subdue these criminals,? de Blasio said. ?This is obviously a large group of people in a fight. NYPD officers handled this situation, defused this situation, got the guns and as you heard, won the day.?
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All of a sudden DeBlowsio likes PD. What's his mentor Al going to say about that?
I thought he told his own kids not to trust the police.
Not everybody is as dumb as he thinks they are.
Those members of the NYPD had very good reason to turn their backs on him. I guess he thinks we forgot that.
But that will be something that even people who live outside of NYC won't forget.
Not everybody is as dumb as he thinks they are.
Those members of the NYPD had very good reason to turn their backs on him. I guess he thinks we forgot that.
But that will be something that even people who live outside of NYC won't forget.