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Heroes of the Month
April 2016:
Good Samaritan
Shloime Kohn
Shloime Kohn was driving on the Brooklyn Bridge on the morning of
Monday, March 14th, when he noticed a woman who was about to jump
from the bridge. He stopped his car and, with assistance from other
civilians, held her and managed the situation until police arrived. The
woman was transported to Woodhull Medical Center for treatment.
Asked about his bravery, the Good Samaritan told a local newspaper: “It
was nothing special. Just did what I had to do.”
May 2016:
Owner, Isa bella’s Creations
Maria Nitti
In 2014, Maria Nitti, the owner of Isabella’s Creations in Bensonhurst,
donated boxes of cupcakes for a Christmas party at the CAMBA Flagstone
Family Center in Brownsville, a shelter for about 150 families with more
than 400 children. After seeing the joy on the faces of children at the
shelter, she decided to launch Operation Birthday Party. Every month, the
baker organizes local food vendors to throw a celebration with birthday
cake, a disc jockey, face painting, and gifts for children at the shelter who
are celebrating their birthdays.
June 2016:
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Rose Graham
Rose Graham has dedicated her life to the profession of education, both as
a teacher in her native Jamaica and then at parochial and public schools
here in New York City since 1983. As vice principal at P.S. 399 Stanley
Eugene Clarke in East Flatbush, she created literacy programs for adults
and children as well as a summer Science Technology Engineering and
Math (STEM) initiative to encourage students to pursue these fields of
study. For her efforts, she was recently honored with a New York Daily
News “Hometown Heroes in Education” award.
Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office
Following a ceremony in the Rotunda of Brooklyn Borough Hall, Borough President
Adams shared a laugh with (from left to right) Sergeant Fredrick Manney, Officer
Nuchem Schwartz, and Cadet Elijah Satos of the Sea Gate Police Department, all
of whom were honored as March’s “Heroes of the Month,” while Good Samaritan
Shloime Kohn of Williamsburg (far right), who was honored as April’s “Hero of the
Month,” looked on.
March 2016:
Officers, Sea Gate Police Department
Chief Jeffery Fortunato, Sergeant Fredrick Manney,
Officers Vinny Giardiello, Joseph Pascone, Nuchem
Schwartz, and Thomas Schulz, Cadet Elijah Santos
On Monday, January 25th, Sergeant Fredrick Manney responded to a call that
five-month-old Mikaela Tatarkina was having trouble breathing. When he arrived,
she was completely unresponsive. Sergeant Manney started CPR, called an
ambulance, and helped to revive her with an ice pack. Sea Gate Police Department
officers cleared Neptune Avenue for the ambulance, and police officers retrieved
all of the food and medication the baby consumed for tests at the hospital. The
infant arrived safely at the hospital and has since recovered
Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office
Borough President Adams
congratulated Maria Nitti, owner of
Isabella’s Creations in Bensonhurst
and organizer of a monthly birthday
party for children at the CAMBA
Flagstone Family Center, a homeless
shelter in Brownville, on becoming
“Hero of the Month” for May, as well
as Rose Graham, an innovator in
education and vice principal at PS
399 Stanley Eugene Clarke in East
Flatbush, on becoming June’s “Hero
of the Month.”