Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Merry Christmas Craig!

Wife of a NYS Trooper

December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas Trooper Todeschini...Keep us safe in the new year. Your sacrifice will never be forgotten.

JJE 0121
Syracuse Police Department

December 25, 2006

craig,
merry christmas to you. i'm on my way to church, theres a mass being said for you today.
we all miss you so very much----especially that beautiful smile.
watch over your family mom,dad and lindsay.

love you always

SANY JACHIM
AUNT

December 25, 2006

Craig,
Everytime I come to this site to write to you it just breaks my heart and I start crying and can't finish what I've written. This time I need to complete it. It's been 8 months since you've physically left us and it's no easier now than it was in April. Spriritually, I know you're around cause you've sent all the signs to keep us remembering, like the red cardinal that appears outside. People sent beautiful Christmas cards and many of them this year had red cardinals. That made us happy. The tears are starting to come again so I better close before this note is deleted like all the other ones I tried to send. Thank you, Craig for giving us so much happiness for 25 years. We love and miss you. Thinking of you everyday and now more than ever with Christmas here. Love, Mom & Dad.

Cindy & Jim Todeschini
Mom & Dad

December 24, 2006

Merry Christmas Craig. Be with us all over the holiday and please keep us safe. Godspeed, we miss you!

December 22, 2006

Craig, you are still in our thoughts. Your sister, Lindsey earned her first award the other day regarding a man with a gun. It didn't take her long to continue the honor of the Todeschini name....

Police Officer
Syracuse Police Dept,NY

December 21, 2006

Craig,
It's like your name is in the air...
It seems like wherever I am dinner,school,shopping,even in the elevator people are talking about you. Most people talk about what happened that horrible day, or what happened just recently. Whatever it is, I never know what to say...sometimes the thought of discussing it seems outrageous. Today though, I figured out what to say when people talk about it. I say "He was amazing...unbelievably amazing...in so many ways...and knowing what kind of person he was...really knowing...i know he was 100% confident of what he was doing in that moment. For that reason, I support his decision...I stand by him...because I have trusted him...in those intense types of situations...more than I have ever trusted anyone in my entire life."
...Just the other day I found an old picture of you coming out of a scheduled burn down a few years ago...it was when you were training for that 99 class for Tauton...I remember you had to drag a 120 l.b. dummie through a burning obstacle course that day. When you came out, I took a picture...You're holding a tiny styrofoam coffee cup in your hand, leaning against the fire truck. When I saw that picture I realized that I never told you that day, as I should of, how truly inspiring you could be...So I am hoping that you can hear me now.

Ginnine

December 19, 2006

My Daddy
You have watched me grow from the heavens above,
Oh, how I have missed those arms of love.
I have learned how to walk and talk and growl like a bear,
First I am here and then over there.
Mommy says I am just like you,
and I make her laugh at the funny things I do.
I know there is some reason God took you from this earth,
Even when it was only a short time before by birth.
You are in heaven now, keep a watchful eye on me,
watch me grow and learn my ABC's.
I have a lot of special people keeping me from harm,
I am learning from them what a great man you are.
I see the pictures and your name etched in stone,
But, it is still hard to understand, Mommy & Me here alone.
Other kids have their daddys to play in the park,
But, I have you with me, at all times, here in my heart.
Mommy keeps saying how proud you would have been of me,
But, I am proud too, of My Daddy, you see.

God Bless the Todeschini family.

Wife of a NYS Trooper
Mother of 2 small children

December 19, 2006

Rest in peace knowing he was convicted and that your death is a great loss, but has finally pushed through a law that was a long time coming. Watch over us all it has been a tough year for the NYSP.

Sergeant

December 16, 2006

Craig,
As you well know some people dispute that fateful day on April 23rd 2006 that ended your life and even I wish you choose a different path but that was not what you were all about. You lived life as if you were invincible not because you were foolish but because you cared more for your fellow man then your own safety. Maybe this is why you choose not only the danger of being a New York State Trooper but you also dedicated your life to fighting fires as a volunteer fireman. I often wonder how anyone could wish to take that risk as to enter a burning building and put his or her own safety at risk, but you also did that. Craig you have always been bigger than life and only God knew of your higher calling, so please watch over all your friends and family who may or may not be as strong the character you are. Admirer of your strength and character and oh yeah your SMILE it still Shines Bright.

Admirer
Cousin

December 15, 2006

Craigers, thinking of you & your family. Missing that giant smile of yours.

Jenna R. Gross

December 11, 2006

We recognized you at our annual candle light vigl last night. Thank you for your service and dedication.

Ellen Guerdat
VP Western New York Concerns of Police Survivors

Ellen Guerdat
VP WNY Concerns of Police Survivors

December 6, 2006

Thinking of you and your ultimate sacrifice. I pray for your family to get through this terrible tragedy and to find comfort. You will not be forgotten.

Wife of a Trooper

December 4, 2006

Dear Craig, you don't know me, but your father and my father knew each other as they were colleagues back in the day. I'm also a '92 graduate of WGHS and a wife to a NYS Trooper. To this day I still think of you and your family and the tremendous sacrafices you've made. Everytime my husband leaves for work I always remind him of the dangers out there and to be safe. I know you are up there watching down on your fellow brothers as a guardian angel helping keeping them safe. Craig, you will NEVER be forgotten. May you rest in peace forever.

Wife of a NYS Trooper
Troop T

December 3, 2006

Thoughts of you pass through my mind all day...Just last night I was watching kevin pack up to go hunting. It made me think of you and your dad... I know kevin still hopes to see the truck rounding the turn at camp...he so looked forward to your little visits there. Everyone misses you so much...As Ellen said...send some strength; I think we could all use some right about now.

Ginnine

December 3, 2006

Craig, Thinking of you and your family now....when we think back about you, we remember your smile, and it always makes us smile....I pray every day for strength for your family....God bless

November 30, 2006

Thought about you on Thanksgiving. The mini wine bottle is still in the hutch and caught my eye all day. Send some strength .. its going to be hard going through it again but C & J & L will be there for you. I see your police photo and your smile makes us smile. You have so much of both your parents in you. I keep thinking ... this may not have been the life we had hoped for but while we are here, we might as well dance!

Ellen

November 27, 2006

Remembering you and your family during this season of "firsts" without you. I will keep all of you in my prayers. God bless you...your family...your parents...and your sister.

Anita L Culosi
sister of NYS Tpr. Salvatore J. Embarrato eow 7/6/61

November 26, 2006

Thinking of you, and your smile on this Thanksgiving Day. You are gone, but not forgotten.

November 23, 2006

Remembering you and your famiy today and always!
Kristin & George DelNagro
SP Rochester

November 23, 2006

HI CRAIG
JUST WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. WE ALL MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH. JUST KEEP WATCHING OVER LINDSAY. MISS THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE.

LOVE YA
AUNT SANDY

SANDY JACHIM
AUNT

November 23, 2006

You were a great honest and caring person. You loved life and what you did. You will be missed and never forgotten watch over us now your home

Jessi Pouliot
Friend

November 18, 2006

We have not forgotten and NEVER will!

Wife of a Trooper - Troop "E"

November 3, 2006

Happy Halloween Craig and its a good day today! Everything's been signed in your honor!!!! You would be so proud!

Ellen
Friend

October 31, 2006

I remember sitting in the Camillus Police Department as explorers dreaming about how much we both wanted to be police officers. Your dream came true, and the State is so much better for it.

As I graduated, and moved out of state, we lost touch, but the few years I knew you, it was your smile, your presence and your laugh that touched me. It touched me not for just one moment, or a brief piece of time, but forever.

Living in Chicago now, I could not make it back to New York for your ceremony, but I sat in my office and watched it online. Your mother and father were so brave. I will never forget the strength and valor your mother had when she eulogized you.

You are a proud father now, it has been six months since your passing, and I still think about our time together with the Camillus Police Explorer Post. You are a great man Craig. My life is a little better knowing you.

May God rest your soul, and look down upon your beautiful family.

Mark Landry
Friend

October 27, 2006