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One always hopes that in the face of danger one would act with courage. But how many among us would run toward alleged terrorists or toward an improvised explosive device even as it emits a cloud of smoke from its lit fuse? New York City police officers did both of those things last Saturday in foiling an attempted attack allegedly inspired by ISIS. Meanwhile, after an online backlash CNN has retracted a comment it published about the alleged attackers. On Monday New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a
press conference: … luck is never a strategy. Devices like these have the potential to cause devastating harm, which is why the NYPD does thorough counterterrorism investigations and treats every incident of this kind with the highest level of urgency and care, and it is why we remain vigilant. The safety and security of the entire city ultimately rests on the judgment and the courage of the men and women of the NYPD and on Saturday, we saw that in its truest form. When those devices were ignited in the middle of a crowded protest, officers did not step back. They stepped forward. With me today are two of those officers, Assistant Chief Aaron Edwards and Sergeant Luis Navarro, who ran toward a lit IED without hesitation and
without regard for their own safety. Acting as police officers do on instinct and training to protect people they did not know and would likely never meet. … behind every counter terrorism operation, every bomb squad response, every emergency call that sends officers running towards danger, there are human beings who make the decision to step forward when others are running away. Assistant Chief Edwards, pictured at right in the photo at the top of this page, immediately ran and hurtled an obstacle to help apprehend one of the terrorists. And don’t think New Yorkers aren’t grateful. Emily Crane reports for the New York Post:
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