Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation 5K Run

NY State Court Officers - End of Watch -09/11/2001

Members of the New York State Courts will be running in the Tunnel to Towers 5K Run in memory of our three fallen brothers on 9/11. Please click the link below to access their page and help them reach their goal.  Thank you.

 https://www.crowdrise.com/newyorkstatecourts

Captain William Harry Thompson

9/11In Memory

   9/11 - so many emotions, so many stories, so many lives changed.  

State of New York Court Officer patch

   In searching for statistics for a blog post on 9/11 I found this video that NY State Court Officer Captain William Harry Thompson's son had posted on YouTube.  It is a piece that aired on Oprah where Captain Thompson's sons paid tribute to their dad.who died on 9/11. Tributes for Captain Thompson have been many, as he was well respected in the NY State Court system.  A great role model for what an officer and a leader should be.  However; it is beautiful to watch this tribute from his sons and to see that he was also a great role model of what a man and father should be. 

        

 Remembered for how he died, respected for how he lived. 

New York State Courts patch

Remembering Emergency Workers of 9/11

Lafayette St NYC became Court Officer Memorial Way

   Wikipedia lists 414 Emergency Worker killed on 9/11.  I think everyone is familiar with most of these losses:  343 FDNY (341 Firefighters and 2 Paramedics), 37 Port Authority Police Officers, 23 New York City Police Officers, 8 EMTs from private entities and 3 New York State Court Officers.  God Bless them all, they run in when everyone else runs out.  It is what they do, it is what makes them heroes.

Corner of Lafayette and Franklin NYC is now Captain William Thompson Corner

   The 3 New York State Court Officers are often overlooked, and since they were my brother officers I feel compelled to remember them every 9/11.  Captain William Harry Thompson rushed to help from the New York State Court Officer's Academy on Williams St.  Senior Court Officer Thomas Jurgens (sadly he had a cousin with the PAPD who also perished that day) headed from his command on Center St.  Senior Court Officer Mitchel Wallace saw the disaster unfolding as he exited the subway on Canal St.  He was on his way to work at his command on Center St and instead chose to respond to the World Trade Center just like Captain Thompson, SCO Jurgens and numerous Court Officers who likewise responded to assist in anyway possible.  What separates these First Responders from the others is that technically they did NOT have to be there, their job did NOT require them to respond.  However; as Law Enforcement Officers, Emergency Workers and First Responders they knew it was their duty to be there.  

Fraternal Order of Court Officers Challenge Coin in Memory 9/11

      So I ask you to remember these 3 heroes from 9/11.

Plaque Nassau Supreme Court in Memory 9/11

9/11 - Thirteen Years Gone By

In Remembrance of NY State Court Officers 9/11 http://artaid.org/

   It is the eve of 9/11 and it is hard to believe that 13 years have passed.  I still vividly remember that day; perhaps because I am from New York, or perhaps because I was a Law Enforcement Officer and 1st Responder or perhaps because 3 of my fellow NY Sate Court Officers perished at the World Trade Center.  All I know is that I will NEVER FORGET.

 My question to you is: HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?