Subject: 911 A TRIBUTE F.D.N.Y. P.A.N.Y. Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:17 am
As Mychal rushed into the WTC with firefighters, Mayor Rudy Giuliani called out, "Father Mike, pray for us!" Mychal responded, "I always do! I always pray for you!" These were Mychal Judge's last public words -- his promise to always pray for us.
No police department in this nation's history lost as many officers in a single incident as did the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department on September 11, 2001. From its inception on June 1, 1928 to September 10, 2001, the PAPD lost a total of 7 officers in the line of duty ... 7 officers over a period of 78 years. On September 11, 2001, the Port Authority Police Department lost 3% of its total force! Every uniformed rank of the Department lost someone on that fateful day.
Along with the 37 officers, an additional member of the PAPD force was also lost and is often overlooked in the statistics. Sirius, an Explosive Detection K-9, was a 4 year old yellow labrador retreiver that was killed in the collapose of WTC Tower One.
This page is dedicated to the memory of all the 37 brave and fearless members of the Port Authority Police Department, whose selfless actions and incredible courage in the face of extreme personal risk, made sure that others escaped the World Trade Center, while sacrificing their own lives, so others could live.
The men and women of the PAPD, like me, who are left to serve and honor their memory will do so now and forever. There can be no other way. Their memory will always be honored and never forgotten! Our Department Motto has a new value to us, because of the 37 ... PRIDE - SERVICE - DISTINCTION
One made pancakes for his kids, Another helped poor people on the skids, One did the training academy run, At Kennedy Airport one was top gun.
These four cops plus another thirty-three, Did rush to defend liberty. When their beloved Towers did fall, They heard the cry, one and all.
No thought of self was first in mind, They went to save all humankind. "Higher, higher up the stairs!" "It's an inferno, but we're not scared!"
"We'll save as many as we can, For we truly love our fellow man." But a time came when there was a shout, "TIME TO EVACUATE & GET OUT!
"We're sorry but we have to stay, So more can see the light of day." No time to think of self at all, Then suddently did the Towers fall.
They are angels now, patrolling the beat, Their block is heaven's safest street! They lived and died for the red, white and blue, Port Authority 37, we won't forget you!
Subject: 911 A TRIBUTE F.D.N.Y. P.A.N.Y. 
Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:17 am
