New York Desk
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CITYWIDE
DAUGHTER OF MURDERED CHINESE DELIVERYMAN SPEAKS OUT
The daughter of a slain Chinese deliveryman spoke out yesterday, recalling the nightmare of learning that her father was murdered in the Bronx last week. “I can’t believe he’s gone,” Ting Chen, 24, said. “It’s like a bad dream.” Ms. Chen said she last spoke to her father on Sunday, October 9, when they made plans to see each other at Christmas for the first time in a decade. The next day, Fa Hua Chen, 52, was shot in the face during a botched robbery as he was making a $9 delivery in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx. He died Thursday after being taken off life support. Ms. Chen identified her father’s body on Sunday. Senator Clinton helped secure a visa for her to travel from England, where she is a graduate student at the University of Leicester. The Police Department and the City Council have offered a $13,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Chen’s killer.
– Special to the Sun
FBI: NEW YORK IS SAFEST LARGE CIT Y IN COUNTRY New York is the safest city among the country’s 25 largest urban centers, according to an FBI study released yesterday. The city’s overall crime rate dropped by 4% from 2003 to 2004, and it reported the fewest number of crimes of America’s top 25 most populated cities. Mayor Bloomberg, as he campaigns for re-election, hailed the new data as a vindication of the crime-fighting programs he put in place upon taking office in 2002. “We’re keeping our streets safe while protecting our city from threats that might arise overseas,” Mr. Bloomberg said. His Democratic challenger, Fernando Ferrer, said a lower crime rate was cause “to celebrate” but criticized the city for having fewer police officers on the street.
– Special to the Sun
18 GRANDMOTHERS ARRESTED AT IRAQ WAR PROTEST
Eighteen grandmothers were arrested and face charges of disorderly conduct after they showed up at a military recruiting center and said they wanted to enlist, a protest group said. Police arrested the women, ranging in age from 49 to 90, yesterday afternoon after they sat down in front of the Times Square recruiting station to protest the war in Iraq, police said.
Associated Press
SUICIDE AT TEMPT ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE SNARLS TRAFFIC
Traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge was briefly snarled during rush hour yesterday as emergency medical workers persuaded a man preparing to leap into the East River to climb down from the bridge’s girders, police said. The man, whom police did not identify, was on the southern walkway near the Manhattan tower when he climbed onto the bridge’s girders shortly before 5 p.m. An emergency SWAT team arrived and shut down traffic in both directions while the man was talked down, a police spokesman said. The man was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center for a psychological evaluation. Traffic lanes reopened at 5:45 p.m.
– Special to the Sun
STATEWIDE
SUIT FILED OVER THEFT OF BODY PARTS
Attorney Sanford Rubenstein filed a civil lawsuit in Kings County Supreme Court yesterday charging that Michael Bruno’s death was misrepresented and his body parts were stolen and sold. The lawsuit, which was filed on the behalf of Bruno’s son, Vito Bruno, names English Brothers Funeral Home; Biomedical Tissue Services, Limited; the owner of the biomedical facility, Michael Mastromarino, and an embalmer, Joseph Nicelli, as the defendants. Mr. Bruno reportedly died from kidney cancer. On May 22, 2003, Biomedical Tissue Services performed “harvesting procedures on decedent Michael Bruno at defendant English Brothers Funeral Home,” without Brun’s family’s permission, the suit alleged. Biomedical Tissue Services sold body parts to tissue processors and orthopedic procedures, the suit says. The defendants provided the decedent’s body parts for “unauthorized use and sale, for profit,” which allegedly resulted in “emotional distress” to the survivors.
– Staff Reporter of the Sun