Steven Mcdonald

Steven Mcdonald, Nypd Detective And Catholic Hero, Dies At 59

... the Chaplain of the New York City Fire Department accompanied him. Fr. Judge was later killed in the September 11 th terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center when debris rained down on him while he was ministering to victims. Fr. Judge was designated as “Victim 0001” of that attack. At the time of the shooting, Officer Mc Donald had been married to Patricia Ann “Patti” Mc Donald for less than a year. The couple was expecting their son Conor. In March, 2007, Patricia Ann was elected Mayor of Malverne on Long Island. In 2010, Conor later followed his father's footsteps and joined the NYPD as a fourth-generation police officer. He has achieved the rank of sergeant. Jones, on his part, served nine years in prison for the shooting. He called Detective Mc Donald to apologize. They later met briefly. Jones was later killed in a motorcycle accident on Sept. 9, 1995, three days after his release on parole from prison. He was speeding while performing wheelies in East Harlem, his old neighborhood, and crashed into several parked cars. In 1989, Detective Mc Donald ...

Steven Mcdonald, A Symbol Of Forgiveness And An Nypd Icon, Dies At 59

... ended after Mc Donald "turned down a request from Mr. Jones's family to seek parole," according to the Times , saying "he was not knowledgeable or capable enough to intervene.". Jones died just days after his release from prison in 1995, from injuries sustained as a passenger during a motorcycle accident. Mc Donald went on to become something of an ambassador for the NYPD and for his Catholic faith. He met with Pope John Paul II, spoke to New York City classrooms, co-wrote a book on his recovery , campaigned for gun control and against stem cell research, even had an award named in his honor by the New York Rangers. The Rangers remembered him in a video tribute Tuesday night. He is survived by his wife and longtime caregiver, Patricia, and his son, Conor, who was an infant when Mc Donald's famous ...

Steven Mcdonald, James Comey, Joe Biden

... care law. Friday's vote in the House would adopt a House-Senate measure to make it easier for a subsequent "Obamacare" repeal bill to advance through the Senate without the threat of a Democratic filibuster. The hotly contested health care law has delivered health coverage to about 20 million people but is saddled with problems such as rapidly rising premiums and large co-payments. VP Joe Biden Honored by Obama. President Barack Obama awarded a teary-eyed Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Thursday, praising the vice president as an "extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in public service." Obama said he's bestowing Biden, who appeared visibly stunned , with the nation's highest civilian honor for "faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country and a lifetime of service that will endure through the generations.". C-SPAN Interrupted by Russian News. Web surfers expecting to tune into C-SPAN's online feed of debate in the House on Thursday instead saw images supplied by the Russian news site RT, which briefly interrupted programming on the network's website. The network is "investigating and troubleshooting this occurrence," ...

Nypd Det. Steven Mcdonald Had A Special Holmdel Connection

... an NYPD hero when he returned to duty after barely surviving a 1986 shooting in Central Park. He had been on the force for less than two years that day when he was shot by a 15-year-old suspected bicycle thief in Central Park. Mc Donald survived, but was a quadriplegic, confined to a wheelchair and who could breathe only with assistance. He died Tuesday at the age of 59, after he went into cardiac arrest last Friday and his permanent respirator respirator became clogged with mucus. Steven Mc Donald is the brother of Clare Mc Donnell (née Mc Donald), her husband, Tim Mc Donnell, told Patch. "He has a real connection to Holmdel. He has been speaking at St Catherine's to the kids for over 10 years and also at St. John Vianney," said the elder Mc Donnell Tuesday night in an email. "He traveled from Long Island twice a day after Timmy's accident to lead the kids in prayer.". Before Timmy was hit ...

Rangers Honor Late Steven Mcdonald

... his glove after closing out the Series. And the Rangers established the annual award. The press, meanwhile, seized on the youth and truancy of the perpetrator, who had entered a guilty plea for armed robbery just months before the shooting. Pundits called for tougher sentences. And the public wondered how things had gone so wrong in such a short encounter. Mc Donald would never again breathe without a respirator or walk, and he would need round-the-clock assistance from a nurse. But—improbably—he would live. And even more improbably, when months after the shooting Mc Donald’s newborn son, Conor, was due to be baptized, he asked his wife to read a statement of forgiveness for his assailant. "I'm sometimes angry at the teenage boy who shot me. But more often, I feel sorry for him. I only hope he can turn his life into helping and not hurting people. I forgive him, and hope he can find peace and purpose in his life.". Mc Donald, further surprising his family and friends, set about making it happen. He struck up a correspondence with Jones and met members of his family. The shooter called him collect from ...

Steven Mcdonald, Paralyzed Nypd Detective, Hospitalized

... story on __link__: __link__ iap LOj. Cancel Send. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs. Steven Mc Donald, paralyzed NYPD detective, hospitalized. Andrew Wyrich , Staff Writer @Andrew Wyrich 8:29 a.m. ET Jan. 9, 2017. A New York Police Department (NYPD) car. (Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images). Detective Steven Mc Donald of the New York Police Department, who was paralyzed 30 years ago after he was shot on duty in Central Park, is in the hospital after suffering a heart attack, according to news reports. Mc Donald, 59, was sent to a Long Island hospital after having a heart attack Friday, according to reports. The officer’s family was at his bedside on Saturday ...

Former Top Cops Remember Det. Steven Mcdonald As 'living Saint

... the last 20 years. He attended every graduation. It was his desire to stay on the active duty rolls after the horrific injuries he suffered, and he truly stayed on duty.”. Steven Mc Donald says he forgives his shooter. “I think he exemplified everything that the NYPD strives to be,” Bratton said. “(Cops) have a difficult job to do and they need to always remember that they have a responsibility to do it the right way. That was Steven's message: The job is too important to behave inappropriately. "He was a role model for all of us," former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said of Mc Donald. (Anthony Del Mundo/New York Daily News). “If he could find it in his heart to forgive the awful transgression that happened to him in his life, police officers should be able to treat people like human beings no matter what circumstances they find themselves in, no matter what they are facing.”. ...

Paralyzed New York Detective Who Became Voice For Peace Dies

... died Tuesday, Jan 10, 2017 at the age of 59. less. FILE - In this Dec. 22, 1987 file photo, New York City Police Officer Steven Mc Donald, who was shot in the line of duty, is honored on the ice at the Philadelphia Flyers-New York Rangers hockey game in New. more. Photo: Wilbur Funches, AP. Image 4 of 12. FILE - In this March 1, 1987 file photo, Cardinal John J. O'Connor places a towel on Conor Patrick Mc Donald, the month-old son of paralyzed officer Steven Mc Donald, seated in wheelchair, while Mc Donald's wife Patti smiles during the christening ceremony in New York. Mc Donald, who was paralyzed by a bullet and became an international voice for peace after he publicly forgave the gunman, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at the age of 59. less. FILE - In this March 1, 1987 file photo, Cardinal John J. O'Connor places a towel on Conor Patrick Mc Donald, the month-old son of paralyzed officer Steven Mc Donald, seated in wheelchair, while Mc ...