EASTON, Pa. – A fallen police officer’s family in Easton will no longer have to worry about the mortgage on their home or the cost of college. It’s all part of an effort to observe the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 and give back to the loved ones of fallen first responders.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation says it is paying off the mortgage of the Easton home for the family of New York Police Det. 1st Grade Omar Edwards.
Edwards was shot and killed on May 28, 2009, when he was in street clothes and attempted to chase a man who had broken into his car, the Foundation said. Plainclothes officers patrolling nearby noticed the pair, mistook Edwards for a perpetrator, and ordered both men to stop. Det. Edwards turned toward them with his gun in his hand, and one of the officers shot him…