“Seth you’re the designated shooter”. Those were the words uttered to then-rookie Emergency Service Officer Seth Gahr. The setting? Harlem. The call? An emotionally disturbed man wielding a gasoline powered chainsaw, hell bent on destruction.
Heading in to apartment where the deranged man stood alongside two fellow ESU cops, Seth’s actions would essential in determining if his colleagues lived or died.
This heart-stopping story and more from a phenomenal Volume 38 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit.
In Memory Of:
Detective Joseph Vigiano
(EOW: September 11, 2001)
Police Officer John D’Allara
(EOW: September 11, 2001)
Sergeant Mike Curtin
(EOW: September 11, 2001)
Sergeant Pat Murphy
(EOW: August 20, 2014)
Outro Song: The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother (1969)
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