Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Semper Fi Gunny

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Sgt. Ken Gumbs
Elmsford PD

November 1, 2004

There are but two persons who protect the sinful human race from destroying itself. One is God's Holy Spirit. The other is the Peace Officer. Without them, we would all perish at each other's hands.

You were called into this profession and our Lord and Savior has blessed you because:
According to Romans 13.1-5...
God ordains the Peace Officer’s profession.
The Peace Officer is sent by God.
The Peace Officer is vested with God's authority to enforce the law.
A Peace Officer's badge is to be honored by us, because God honors it.

You gave the ultimate sacrifice, your life for your fellow man, while serving, defending, and protecting others in your community.

Thank you for your service to America. Your efforts saved thousand that horrible day.
My thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends. You will be in our hearts forever.

September 11, 2001---Gone, but Never Forgotten.

Marti Ingle (EMT-Paramedic)
Haywood Co EMS (NC)

April 6, 2004

thank you sgt. michael curtin

your bravery and ulitmate scarifice will never be forgotten

dispatcher
polk county sheriff's office, florida

December 27, 2003

I am a former MOS and cannot find the words to say how sorry I am that we have lost these great heroes. I cannot express my thanks enough for your bravery and sacrifice. My prayers are with you and all of your families and brother/sister officers......................AC

Trooper
Pennsylvania State Police

September 15, 2003

I was one of the 340 officers who attended the 911 memorial in manhattan NY 2002.
I like the rest of my fellow officers paid tribute to every officer who lost their lives at the world trade center 9 11 2001.

whilst at the NYPD museum in manhattan i was touched by the bravery of the officers of that fateful day in 2001.
God Bless you all .

Many regards to their families and colleagues ,
on behalf of the U.k. police officers..

In respect of all who perished ,a Ground Zero flag which was given to Sc 7061 Boyce at the 911 memorial 2002 .
Has now been donated and is now situated at the
SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE H.Q.
in Bridgend , South Wales .u.k.


Sc 7061 Dave Boyce ,
South Wales Police force ,
u.k.

sc7061 boyce
south wales police ,uk

Semper Fi Gunny Curtin
Rest in Peace, You will be missed but never forgotten.

Police Officer Glenn Galanos
NYC Police Department

I did not know this officer or the others who lost their lives on September 11th. They are TRUE AMERICAN HERO'S. GOD bless the NYPD and all of the families associated with them.

" THE WICKED FLEE WHEN NO MAN PURSUETH BUT THE RIGHTEOUS ARE BOLD AS A LION" - Proverbs 28:1

Recruit Don Reichhardt
60th Crater Criminal Justice Academy
Prince George, Va.

Officer Don Reichhardt
Virginia State University Police Department

Upon receiving a Mercy Band, I began praying for the family and friends of Sgt.Michael Curtin. The following morning his remains were located in the rubble at the WTC.
I still wear the Mercy Band with his name engraved and continue to pray daily for this family. Many people have asked about my band and I am able to share about this courageous man and how he died saving others. It is my commitment to pray for this family until God takes me home. Know that I have come to love you like family.
June Sturrock Nacogdoches,Texas

June Sturrock
Homemaker

It was late one Tuesday evening,
Before a mother could sit down,
To tell her only child about
The terror that hit downtown.

She looked into the eyes of her son
God, she loved him so,
She felt her heart begin to break
And the hurt begin to show.

She gathered all her strength and courage,
as her story she began to tell.
"Baby don't cry, but I'm afraid daddy
Might be under a building that fell."

The boy looked back at his mother,
His eyes made not one blink.
And the mother's tears began to fall.
What would her baby think?

You see, his dad is a Policeman,
And his hero from the day of his birth.
He loved his dad more than anything else
That could ever inherit this earth.

The mother's head began to drop,
Her forehead resting on palm.
She thought her son would be upset.
Instead, he was very calm.

The boy leaned over towards his mom,
And put his hand upon her head.
In her ear he began to whisper,
And this is what he said:

"Mommy please don't cry,
I knew daddy wasn't coming home.
I talked to him just a while ago,
But it wasn't on the phone.

He told me that he loved me,
And he promised we'd meet again.
He told of his new home,
And the job he was to begin."

"God is building an army,
And there are many angels needed.
That, is where daddy and the others went.
They weren't all defeated."

It was then, the mother lifted her head.
The tears streamed down her face.
And she could feel her husband's presence,
As it filled her heart with grace.

It was then she knew her son was right.
He was in God's great army now.
She also knew her son was safe,
That he'd be kept from harm somehow.

So, evildoers of the world beware.
An army is on the way.
Bolstered by new angels,
Who left the towers that day..

Their commander has never been beaten.
His power has never been matched,
And if evil thinks He was almighty before......
Well, the surface has just been scratched!

9-11-02 - 1 year anniversary
We will NEVER forget!
GOD BLESS!

Anonymous

Anonymous

"For those who fight for it, life has a special flavor the protected will never know."

Semper Fidelis. May God bless and keep your family.

Sgt. Mike Ritchie
Winchester Police Department, Winchester Va.

SEMPER FI E MAN FOREVER

NYPD ESU

Sergeant Iron Mike was more than a supervisor to me. He was a mentor, a friend, and my example of what a cop should be. He taught us the value of a hard days work and how making a difference was more than a days pay. He was proud to wear that uniform, and I'm proud to have worked with him. Sergeant Curtin will be in my memory for the rest of my career, and he'll always be the boss I look to when I need some advice.
To his wife and three beautiful daughters, I know that in the past few months you have heard from many people who never knew your husband and dad, about what a great hero is is for giving his life on September 11th. I knew Mike, and he was a hero long before that day in September. What happened that day was just the ultimate test of his, and all of our devotion to the job. Know that there are thousands more Officers, ready to keep his memory alive at work everyday. Trust in the fact that some of these cops were trained by Mike, so they already have a step up on everyone else. They were taught by the best.
Sergeant Mike was probably the one guy I would have followed anywhere on earth and not questioned him for a second, burning buildings, shots fired, or even terrorist attacks, thats how good of a cop he was. Keep his memory alive and have a safe tour.

Police Officer
113th Precinct, NYPD

Your death will be avenged and your heroism, bravery and sacrifice will never be forgotten!

My Prayers are with all the friends and family of all the officers who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.
I lost my brother tragically, Det. David Taylor, Greensboro PD, On August 7, 2001. I was in NY for my fiancee's Mother's funeral the first of Sept. I was stranded there for 3 weeks due to this atrocity. As I watched the events on TV, I cried for all those who lost their lives. But was especially emotional about the Police Officers and the Firefighters and their families, as I had just recently suffered a tragic loss myself. As I walked through the streets in the days following the attack, I cried with pride as I saw the officers on duty on all the corners in the city. I knew how hard it was for them, knowing they had lost their friends. On the Sat. following the attack I was at St. Patrick's for mass. The last 2 people to go up and take communion were 2 NYPD officers, again I cried. I hope all of you are getting the support that my family and I got when we needed it, from the Deparment. I know the comforting words and even the funny stories the officers tell us about my brother helps. I know that our loved ones who are gone from here, had a higher calling and are happy and at peace in Heaven. Hopefully we can all feel that same peace one day! God bless All of you! And God bless America!
Tracy Taylor
Thomasville, NC
Sister of Greensboro Det.David L Taylor
EOW 8/7/01

TRACY TAYLOR

TO FORMER STAFF SGT (IRON) CURTIN USMC, YOU WERE MY EXAMPLE OF THE BEST THAT THE MARINE CORPS PRODUCES AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO HAVE SERVED UNDER YOU. THE WORLD, NYC, THE CORPS,THE PD AND MYSELF ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU AND WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.WE LOST ONE OF THE LAST TRUE WARRIORS AND TO ANYONE WHO SAW HIM IN ACTION CAN ATTEST TO THAT. FOREVER SEMPER FI IRON CURTIN

FIREFIGHTER
KANSAS CITY,MO FIRE DEPT.

As I watched the towers come down on September 11th from my home, I knew that many of my brother New York City Police officers had lost their lives. I knew many of them were in the buildings. I knew this because I knew something that the public found out of the 11th, and that is the Men and Woman of the NYPD are heroes, nothing less. Everyday they put their lives on the line to protect the people of New York City.
No member of the NYPD could sit back while people needed help, so these brave 23 NYPD officers along with their 47 brother officers from the PAPD, FBI, Court Administration, Secret Service teamed up with the brave men of the FDNY and in saving over 25,000 of their fellow New Yorkers gave their own lives.
These men and Women are truly heroes and not a day goes by now when I don’t think of them as I patrol the streets of New York City.
These men and women make me proud to be a Police Officer.
Their actions exemplify everything that is good about being a Police Officer.

God Bless them their families and god bless the NYPD.

A Brother NYPD Officer

Blessed are the peacemakers,For they shall be called sons of God." Matthew 5:9

Anonymous

The brave acts of our police and firefighters show everything that is good in our country. Bravely these people went into two monstrous infernos knowing they probably wouldn't return. Unhesitantly they entered these buildings to save the lives of thousands of innocent people. These officers who have passed on, as well as the ones who are still alive deserve a great debt of gratitude from the American people for their selfless and heroic acts. I am currently a law enforcement student, and seeing what I have, I now have no doubts about becoming a police officer. God bless the fallen, all American Police and Firefighters, and also the people of America.

Anonymous

God I don't know what to say. I intend to post this message for each and everyone of you heroes so Officer, Detective, Agent, Whatever,... I thank you. You swore to serve and to protect. Well your days of protecting us are over. But you will forever be in service. Your eternal service... the inspiration you and your fellow bothers and sisters have re-enforced in my heart, will live so long as I do. Though I will not always carry your name in the front of my mind, not in my duties as a soldier or as the police officer I plan to become when I get home, I will still always carry with me the knowledge of your sacrifice... of your heroism, of your selflessness... I will carry a samll piece of you everywhere I go. Be it with an M-16 in my hands in a strange land, or a badge on my chest in my own back yard... long after the flags come down and the nation carries on... until the day I die... you will continue to serve... as my inspiration. God bless you. God bless your family. God bless your agency. God bless FDNY. God bless all the soldiers, sailors, airmen, coast guardsmen, and marines. God bless New York City. GOD BLESS AMERICA. Thank you my brothers and sisters. I love you.

Thank you so, so much, for entering that terrible rubble and struggling so that others might live to see a tomorrow that you might not live through. That was truly selfless and you will surely reap the rewards in heaven. God bless.