Union Demands Apology for Mayor’s ‘Hero’ Comments
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A police officers’ union is demanding that Mayor Bloomberg apologize for saying a deceased detective who worked for more than 400 hours at ground zero after the attacks of September 11, 2001, was not a hero.
Mr. Bloomberg retreated from his statement yesterday, but stopped short of apologizing. He said the detective, James Zadroga, was a dedicated police officer who put himself in harm’s way hundreds of times throughout his career.
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