The NYPD detective who survived a robbery in which two illegal immigrants allegedly stabbed him 10 times in the Bronx thanked his colleagues, paramedics and others involved in saving his life after her fought of the attackers, speaking publicly for the first time since checking out of Jacobi Medical Center.
“I want to thank the 52 [precinct] NYPD officers that responded and just gave me my aid and helped me in this difficult time that I was going through where I, I almost died,” he told reporters. “And then the NYPD, [Emergency Services Unit]. They just demonstrated their calmness and their professionalism…in rendering aid to me and applying tourniquets to both of my arms and then inspecting my body for further injuries.”
Jose Mercedes, a 33-year-old detective with 10 years on the job, was off-duty and cleaning the trunk of his personal vehicle when two men attacked him from behind, the NYPD said previously. Despite his injuries, he chased after them before they sped away on an e-bike…