Posted on 03/15/2007 6:48:14 AM PDT by Stoat
Thursday, March 15th 2007, 4:00 AM
Officer Anthony Cairone carries injured fellow Officer Angel Cruz into Jamaica Hospital after Cruz was stabbed in the head with a hunting knife during a struggle with suspect on subway platform.
NYPD Officer Angel Cruz fell to the ground within 3 feet of the wounded suspect and knelt over him until backup arrived late Tuesday and arrested the man, police said.
"When police found them, Cruz was on one knee," a police source said. "He wanted to cuff the guy but he \[Cruz\] had lost so much blood it was all he could do to stay upright."
Cruz, who joined the force about 15 months ago, was in critical but stable condition yesterday at Jamaica Hospital. Although the brutal blow cracked his skull, he was able to talk to his wife and 2-year-old son. He even joked a bit with visitors.
"The doctor says this is a lucky guy," Mayor Bloomberg said after visiting Cruz. "Unlucky in that he gets stabbed. Lucky that he is going to make a full recovery."
Hugo Hernandez - an illegal Guatemalan immigrant who sneaked back into the U.S. after being deported for attacking six cops in New Jersey - stabbed Cruz after the cop spotted him and his pal Andy Batista smoking in the subway station about 11 p.m., police said.
Cruz told them to put out the cigarettes and ordered them to come with him so he could issue them summonses, police said.
Batista, 21, complied, handing over identification and an Army knife. But Hernandez, 22, punched Cruz without warning on the Queens-bound platform of the J train, police said.
Hernandez then pulled out a 6-inch blade and slashed Cruz across the face, police said.
Blood flowing down his neck, Cruz fell backward against a pay phone as Hernandez allegedly came at him a second time with his knife raised.
Cruz fired three times but missed Hernandez, who lunged forward and jammed his hunting knife into the 30-year-old officer's left temple with such force that it pierced his skull, police said.
"A witness sees the perp stab the knife in the cop's head and pull it out," a police source said.
Cruz somehow fired two more rounds and hit Hernandez twice in the left elbow as the suspect fled down the stairs to the Manhattan-bound platform, police said.
Cruz ran after him, following him down the stairs to the other platform. "Covered in blood, a hole in his head, about to faint, he doesn't give up; he's tough," a fellow cop said.
Sgt. James McNamara heard the gunshots, yelled into the transit precinct offices inside the subway station and raced to help.
McNamara and Officers Robert Velez and Christopher Ballaera found Cruz kneeling near Hernandez and cuffed the suspect, police said.
Officers Anthony Cairone and Jumel Gungor carried Cruz out of the station, put him into a .patrol car and drove him to Jamaica Hospital.
When they arrived, Cairone threw Cruz over his shoulder and carried him inside.
Hernandez, who was in stable condition at Brookdale University Hospital, was charged with attempted murder of a police officer and criminal possession of a weapon. He also faces up to five years in prison for sneaking back into the U.S., authorities said.
This is f****** sick. How many more Americans have to die just to satisy our sick obsession with diversity and multi-culturalism? There is no other country on the face of this planet that would allow their politicians to sacrifice it's own citizens to satisfy a political agenda.
We don't need no steeking feences.
"We need to let the system know that they need to fear us. They have no fear for us. And once you put the fear into some peoples hearts, whether it's politically, economically, or physically, they will leave you alone. ...
[I]f we dont get justice in this case, dont ask us to demonstrate again. If we dont get justice in this case, dont tell us to be cool, to be calm. We need to get hot!"
OOPS, my bad. He already said dat shizzle.
Message to the Commissioner, Police Department
My hope is that all correspondence will be respectful and laden with praise for the heroic Officer Angel Cruz.
Although the NYPD site lists individual precinct contact information, the article doesn't indicate which precinct Officer Cruz works out of.
George Bush has a special place in his heart for illegals. The officer should have asked the fleeing suspect whether he was an illegal or not. He should have just let the man flee.
Thank you president bush for the wide open border to the south. As you can see in your tunnel blind efforts, there are a lot more problems that you refuse to deal with. This OTM was a Guatemalan, maybe the next one will be iranian and al-quaida. You just keep putting out that mouthwash that isn't selling. Mr. president, keep making noise about the border , but the only action you deliver is to arrest and jail those who serve to protect America. Doubt it? Ask Ramos and Compean how there morning is going.
"Don't mess with the good Brooklyn cops."
I knew a couple guys from Brooklyn when I was in the Navy. I wouldn't have messed with them, either. :)
This police officer needs to be thrown in prison. Doesn't he know you're not supposed to apprehend illegals?
NY Ping...
Wow...
Expect the Bush administration to throw Officer Cruz in prison for the rest of his life for endangering the life a potential republican Amnesty Voter.
Execute him quickly.
Too bad Cruz's shots missed the perp's vitals. :-(
Wait WAS HE AN ILLEGAL ALIEN (Even though someone already said he was, and some dipstick in another thread thought it was stupid to keep bringing this subject up, I thought I'd ask for good measure).
He was indeed. An OTM, or "Other Than Mexican", from Guatemala, although "POS" is a better description.
Dude, it's not that. It's money. Rich people want cheap labor. That's the border crisis in a nutshell.
Ping!
Lax immigration enforcement created this situation. These illegals had no fear of being caught and deported (again).
Oh my. Prayers for Officer Cruz' full recovery.
Poster 2... Dude, it's not that. It's money. Rich people want cheap labor. That's the border crisis in a nutshell.
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Looks like somebody else is reading your posts.
Wait until those junk Mexican trucks start rolling across the USA. There will be highway carnage, and our government won't hold Mexico responsible.
Thanks to this failure of a president, America will be Mexico within 5 years.
GWB has no intention of securing the border or faithfully executing our immigration laws. He refuses to see the evil he is abetting. It's beyond belief.
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