Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Stopping in to say that you have not been forgotten. Continue to keep watch over all of your loved ones, especially your sister. You are a true hero. This is for your sister

"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight." By Kahill Gibran

Bob Gordon
Father of Fallen Officer: Michael P. Gordon EOW: 88/04

August 16, 2016

Dear Brother…In this 55th Year…Day of Remembrance…of your tragic loss to our family…I attended the noon mass…that was being offered…for the repose of your soul.

I sent a flower arrangement…to be placed at the Nyack Troop T Memorial …and a thank you acknowledgment gift…to the Troopers at the Zone 1 Troop T Station…for their honoring of your loss...by transmitting a message for a moment of silence…to all their Thruway Troopers…on this day…and in your memory.

I was told about the moment of silence…last year…by a Trooper who picked up the phone…when I called the station…to ask about the location of the Memorial…since it had been removed…from the closed Tarrytown location…while the Tappan Zee Bridge was being rebuilt.

Anyway…after I told him who I was…he said that…they had just observed a moment of silence for you…that morning…via a broadcast to all the Trooper’s in their cars…before their day started. I assume they must do that…for every eow date…of a fallen Trooper…or at least for those…who were…part of the Thruway system.

Never forgetting our loved ones…who made the ultimate sacrifice…while serving and protecting…is what we survivor families…most value and appreciate…and in our case…since none of these young Troopers…never even knew you…it means that…even when our family is gone…your name will continue to be mentioned…and you…will be remembered.

Two days ago…as I was searching my computer…for the Nyack address …I came across a NYS Trooper site titled…Dog Days of Summer…and as I scrolled through it…I saw that it was acknowledging fallen Troopers…with photos of them…and the K9 dogs named in their honor. It was arranged by eow months…and so I went through it…came to July…and there was a photo of you…opposite a German Shepherd named Rato. It looked like the dogs were given names…that were taken…from some part of the Trooper’s name. They used the last four letters in our name…and I thought it was too bad…that they didn’t use the first several letters…at least then...he would have been called Emba…sounding more like a spark…and not a rodent. I know…only I would think that…but you always said…I was PoPo.

The saving grace is…he is a handsome dog…with a very intense look and focus. There was even a comment left by someone…saying that “the look in their eyes looks the same.” I took it as a compliment…although the photo they have of you…doesn’t do you justice…and you do look quite serious.

I remember being asked by Superintendent Bennett…at the first survivors’ weekend I attended…after they had tracked us down…because they wanted to include your name…on the memorial when Tpr. Ambrose…who was also from Troop T…was killed in a terribly tragic way…in 2002. Supt. Bennett asked me how tall you were…and then commented on what an impressive demeanor you had. You did look like a Poster Ad…for what every NYS Trooper should look like. You always walked so erect…and carried yourself in a way…although natural for you…made one take notice of you. What can I say…you were handsome…and had a presence that said…class and confidence…without ever looking cocky.

A friend emailed me the other day…he is the nephew of a boyhood friend of yours. His Uncle and you…palled around together…with a few other nice young boys…from the neighborhood…way back when. Anyway…my friend said that even he...as a youngster…remembers always looking up to you…as a role model…and having a lot of admiration and respect for you. After all these years…to still have someone…who isn’t even a biased family member...recall you in that way…really touches me. His family also experienced a sad loss…when his uncle…was also called back home to God…much too young…and much too soon. Life just isn’t fair.

Sal, I miss you to this very day…and know I will…for however long I remain here. It breaks my heart…that your nieces…nephews…and now…your grandnieces and grandnephews…never got to know you…and have you as an influence in their lives
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Please watch over our family…as we all have been cheated out of so many years…most especially…You.

You know what my concerns are...so again...keep special watch over each of my children...your brothers-in law...and your sister Cookie.

You remain the best of us…very loved…and truly missed…as I keep you in my thoughts…in my memories…in my heart…and in my prayers…always.

God bless you...as you rest peacefully...in His perpetual light.

With All My Love...

Anita

July 6, 2016

Dear Sal...I think of you all the time...and on this Memorial Day...I want you to know... that your service in the Army...during the Korean Police Action...is remembered by me.

Love you Brother...and miss you. You are not forgotten!

May all those who made the ultimate sacrifice...while serving in our military...in order to protect and preserve our freedom...rest peacefully in God's perpetual light.

God bless each and every one of them.

Anita

May 30, 2016

Dear Brother…May 15th will be the official start of National Police Week…but the 28th Candlelight Vigil honoring all fallen leo’s…in addition to those whose names will be engraved on the memorial this year…will take place tonight…and in memory of this 55th Year…of your loss to our family…I lit a virtual candle in your honor. I have done this in past years too…because in some small way…it has become for me…a way in which I can express my love for you…as the wonderful big brother you were…and remain…as I carry you in my heart…in my thoughts…and…in my cherished memories…of the "too few" years…we had with you...so long ago.

Sal…you are missed…prayed for…and not forgotten.
God bless you…as you rest in His perpetual light…and eternal peace.

Anita

May 13, 2016

Dear Brother...It is a cold and dreary Easter Sunday...but I pray that your are having a Very Blessed and Joyous Day...in a far better place...than the one we still know.

You are not forgotten Sal. God bless you.

I love you...I miss you still...and I pray for you...always.

Anita

March 27, 2016

Dear Sal...Today is the first day of Spring...in addition to being Palm Sunday. The weather is anything but spring like...as we may be expecting some snow by later this afternoon or evening.

It is a quiet day...not like the holidays we once celebrated... those many years ago. I remember going to each relatives house...after mass...so that I could bring them Palms. It was a tradition that was wrapped in the offering of peace...good will...and respect for our extended family. So much has changed...and not necessarily for the better.

Well...I just want to wish you a Blessed Palm Sunday...and I hope you are in the company...of our parents...my son...and all of our relatives...who have been called back home by God. As Aunt Millie would say... "We're a good famil!"...and you were the best of it.

Please keep watching over...those of us...who are still on this side of His promise.

Love you...my dear big brother...and I miss you...and I pray for you...always.

Anita

March 20, 2016

To My Dear Brother & “First” Salvatore JOSEPH...I apologize for not coming to your site sooner...to wish you both a Very Blessed New Year...as well as a Blessed St. Valentine’s Day.

I guess your kid sister...isn’t such a kid anymore...and as time keeps getting away from me...so do my best intentions for keeping on top of things....and now...I want to wish you a Very Blessed Name Day...as today is the Feast Day of your patron saint...dear St. Joseph.

Sal...please stay close to my son...who was also named for you...and know that I was so happy to be able to keep my promise to do that.

You both deserved so much more time...to share your goodness with others...but...maybe you both were too good...to remain in this gone mad world of ours. You are each loved...and so very missed.

You continue to be the best of us...and will not be forgotten. God bless you!

You remain in my dearest memories...and you are in my prayers...always.

Anita

March 19, 2016

Dear Brother...Just want to wish you A Very Blessed Christmas...
and to say...you are loved...missed...and prayed for...along with Mom and Dad.

You are not forgotten Sal...and will always remain the best of us.

Rest peacefully in His perpetual light.

God bless you!

Anita

December 25, 2015

Dear Brother...Today is All Souls Day...and a Novena of masses is being said at my church.

I have included You, Mom, Dad, my Son, our extended family members...and our dear friends...by name...in all of the masses and prayers...being offered over the next nine days.

I love you Sal...and I hold close my precious memories of you.

God bless you...as you rest peacefully...in His perpetual light.

You are not forgotten...as you remain the best of us...and are in my prayers...always.

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

November 2, 2015

Wanted to let you know that you have not been forgotten. Continue to keep watch over your loved ones

Bob Gordon

October 1, 2015

My Dear Brother...My husband and I just returned from the 8:15 mass...being offered in your memory this morning...on what would have been...your 84th birthday. We pray you are having...a very Happy and Blessed Birthday...hopefully in the company of Mom and Dad...my son...and our other relatives ...and your friends...who also have been...called back home.

Today is also...the feast day of St. Michael the Archangel... patron saint of police officers...and the name of our parish church...and the grade school...that all of my children attended...as did three of your grandnieces. In light of this feast day...the second and eighth graders...also attended this morning’s mass...and a lovely little girl...announced your name perfectly...as being the one...for whom the mass...was being said.

You are loved Sal...you are missed...and you my wonderful big brother...are not forgotten.

I carry you in my heart...in my memories...and in my prayers ...always.

God bless you...as you rest peacefully...in His perpetual light.

Anita

September 29, 2015

Dear Brother...I ask You...Mom...and...Dad...to please watch over Con...in a very special way today. She is in Chicago...for an operation...at St. Joseph’s Hospital.

It is a delicate and lengthy procedure...and hopefully with all our prayers...she will be able to tolerate it well...so that the surgeon...can achieve the best of all outcomes for her.

You know what is in my heart...so in her behalf...intercede however you can.

Thank you...for always being there for me.

Love you...and miss you...so very much.

You are not forgotten Sal...and you are in my prayers...always.

Anita

July 21, 2015

Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

July 15, 2015

Dear Brother...Today marks the 54th Year...of your loss to our family...and I still can recall every detail of that day...when the trooper knocked on our door...with the devastating and heartbreaking news...that changed our family forever. .

You were a very loved...and loving...son and brother...and we were then...and still remain...so very proud of you.

You are not forgotten Sal. My husband and I...were at the 6:15 mass this morning...that was being offered...for the repose of your soul...and I will be sending a floral arrangement ...to the Troop T memorial...also in your memory.

I just called the Trooper Station in W Nyack, NY...to make sure the Troop T memorial...on which your name is inscribed...is still at their location. It had been moved...from its original site at the Tarrytown Station...which was closed...in conjunction with the work...being done on the Tappan Zee bridge. I was told by a Trp. John Antonelli...that it...was still at the Nyack location. .

To my surprise...he also told me...that this morning...your name was broadcasted...to all their trooper cars...and that your service to the State Police..was recounted...and your ultimate sacrifice...made on this day..so many years ago...was noted... by all...with a moment of silence...in your honor.

He then thanked me for my support....of the NYS Police...and said “we (speaking for the NYS Police) will never forget Salvatore.” I thanked him...and I can’t begin to tell you... how moved I was...and how much those words...touched my heart.

God bless you...my wonderful big brother...and all of your fellow NYS Troopers. You are remembered!

Please stay close to my son...and watch over our families.

You remain...loved...missed...and are in my prayers...always

Anita

July 6, 2015

Dear Brother...It is National Police Week '15...so I would have preferred going down to the memorial in person...but since I can't...I did light a virtual candle in your memory...on the NLEOMF...United by Light site. You are not forgotten Sal!

God bless you as you rest peacefully in His perpetual light.

With my love and prayers.

Anita

May 13, 2015

Dear Sal...It's Mother's Day...so I have a two-fold request...tell Mom for me...how much I love and miss her...and let my son know...how blessed I feel to be his Mom.

I love you brother...you are in my thoughts...and in my prayers always.

God bless you.

Anita

May 10, 2015

Dear Sal...Just want to wish you a Very Blessed Easter...and to let you know...that you are not forgotten.

I attended Good Friday services...and prayed for you...and our family...who have also been called back home. You...along with my son...are in my daily thoughts...and prayers...always.

Watch over your nephews and nieces....it's so sad...that you only got to see one of them...and that they never had the chance...to know what a wonderful uncle...was taken from them.

I love you...my big brother...and I miss you...even now.

God bless you...and rest easy.

Anita

April 5, 2015

To My Dear Big Brother...Praying that you are having a very blessed Palm Sunday...with all of our family and friends...who are now resting peacefully...along with you...in God's perpetual light.

Stay close to my son...and watch over our families.

God bless you Sal...you are loved...missed...and prayed for always.

Anita

March 30, 2015

To My Dear Big Brother...Praying that you are having a very blessed Palm Sunday...with all of our family and friends...who are now resting peacefully...along with you...in God's perpetual light.

Stay close to my son...and watch over our families.

God bless you Sal...you are loved...missed...and prayed for always.

Anita

March 29, 2015

My Dear Big Brother...I want you to know...that you are in my thoughts each day...along with my son...and...Mom and Dad too.

Since today is Valentine’s Day...I pray that each of my very loved...and very missed... ‘sweethearts”...is having a very blessed day.

I pray for you and our family...always.

Anita

February 14, 2015

Dear Brother...Before Christmas gets away from me...like Thanksgiving did...I want to say how sorry I am...for not leaving a reflection on your page that day....but I did thank God...for giving me the best big brother...a kid sister could ever hope to have.

Yesterday wasn’t only Christmas Eve...it was also the day that marked the 8 Years and 11 Months...since my son, and your namesake...was tragically taken from us. These holidays are bittersweet...and have been for a long time...as I miss both my Sal’s.

I pray that you will have a blessed Christmas...in that better place...and that Mom... Dad...and my son...are there with you.

God bless you Sal...as you rest in His perpetual light and eternal peace

You are not forgotten. You are loved...missed...and prayed for...always.

Anita

December 25, 2014

Dear Brother...In remembrance of your birthday today...on this Feast of the Archangels....Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael...I attended the mass...being offered for the repose of your soul... and I received holy communion for your intention. When I got home...I called the florist...and had them deliver a floral arrangement...in your memory...to the Troop T Memorial...that has been relocated...from the Tarrytown station...due to the work on the Tappan Zee Bride...to the State Police Station...in West Nyack, NY.

It is sad...because these are not the ways...birthdays were intended to be remembered...or celebrated...and it is so unfair ...that you...and so many of your fellow officers...were...are... and continue to be...called back home...much too young...and much too soon.. God bless you Sal...and each of them.

Recently my husband and I...have befriended a very nice gentleman...who was born in the same year as you...and he is a very alert...sharp...spry...witty...intelligent...handsome... physically fit and charming man...and every time we are in his company...I find myself thinking...that you too...would have been just like him...if only you hadn’t been so accommodating ..on that day...that took you from all of us.

I Wish You...A Very Peaceful...and Blessed Birthday...my Dear and Wonderful Big Brother. You Are Not Forgotten!!

You are loved...and missed...and remain in my heart...in my thoughts...and in my prayers...always.

Anita

September 29, 2014

Dear Sal...After speaking to the Tarrytown florist on Monday...I was told by him...that the memorial had in fact...been moved from its original site. I then called the NYS Police in Albany... and explained my situation...to the Trooper who answered the phone...and asked if he knew...where it had been moved to.
Because he didn't know...he then gave me the name...of another trooper...that he believed would know...and said he would have that trooper call me.

Par for the course...I was out when the trooper called...but fortunately...Dad got the message.

The Troop T Memorial...is now located behind the NYS Police building...at 160 North and Rte 303...in West Nyack, NY. I don’t know...if that will be a new...or maybe...just a temporary location...or if it will be moved again...once the Tappan Zee Bridge project .is completed...several years from now. In the meantime...I at least have an address.

I found a florist on line...who would deliver to that address...and she assured me...that a floral arrangement...honoring your ultimate sacrifice...would be delivered there today...so as they say...better late than never. 7/6/61-7/6/14...Be At Peace!

God Bless You Sal...YOU are not forgotten.

With My Love and Prayers...

Anita

July 9, 2014

My Dear Brother...Today marks Year 53...and all my treasured memories of you...and those of that heartbreaking day...still are very vivid for me. You are not forgotten Sal...as I keep you close in my thoughts...in my heart...and...in my prayers...always

Yesterday when I called the Tarrytown florist...and asked to have an arrangement delivered to the barracks memorial...in your memory...on this day...he told me that the troopers....had moved from that location...to the other side of the Hudson... just two days ago...because the construction at the Tappan Zee Bridge...had begun. He said he would get back to me on Monday...to let me know...if the memorial is even accessible at this time...and if it still was...he would deliver the flowers then. I suppose this holiday weekend...had him short staffed...so there was no one to send...to have it checked out yesterday..

In the meantime...I have a mass offered for you...at noon tomorrow...because even though I had gone to the rectory...at the beginning of this year...to do the scheduling...the July 6th masses had already been taken...but I will be at tomorrow’s noon mass...and offering my communion for you intention.

Its been so many years...and you are still so very missed...and so very loved.

Keep watch over your nieces and nephews...they all lost so much...by not having you in their lives.

May God Bless You Sal...and...Rest Peacefully...In His Perpetual Light.

Anita

July 6, 2014

Dear Sal…Once again it is National Police Week…so in your memory…I dedicated and lit a virtual candle for you…on the NLEOM United By Light site.

I pray for you always…and I carry my memories of you…close in my heart. You were a very special big brother…and I thank God for your presence in my life.

I hope that in that better place…you are resting peacefully in God’s perpetual light.

You are very loved…and you are very missed...and you will not be forgotten.

God Bless You...my dear brother.

Anita

May 13, 2014