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POEM - COATS OF BLUE
Survivors of the Shield
“Serving the families of our fallen police officers”
“To Honor and Remember”
Coats of Blue
Inspired to protect and serve, they first wore the rookie gray Sworn in, given a silver shield, nationalities melted away. They were brothers and sisters now in coats of blue, a gun, a nightstick tools of their trade. The streets would teach them things they never knew, the tortured child, the battered spouse, scenes of other vicious crime. Every moment of each new day, they were there, a vital part of the thin blue line. Too soon these heroes were called away by the cruelty of the street. Their families and friends left with only the memories so bittersweet. … And in the closet hangs the coat of blue, as empty now as the lives of the loved ones of these honored few.
Written by Susan McCormack, widow of NYPD Officer Joseph McCormack
In memory of those men and women of the New York City Police Department who gave their lives in the performance of their duty.
Survivors of the Shield, PO Box 100177, Staten Island, New York 10310
Phone: 718 815-2803 Fax: 845 228-2930
Website: NYPDSURVIVORSOFTHESHIELD.com
Please remember the SOS scholarship fund [501 © (3)] for our families.
The Board and Members of Survivors of the Shield
salutes our fallen officers and the Top Cops Awardees
September 11, 2002
President Susan McCormack
2nd Vice President Maria Dziergowski
Vice President Barbara Nugent
Financial Secretary Lorraine Shanley
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