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Title: Marine veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan sworn in as NY police officer
Post by: rangerrebew on March 25, 2017, 05:15:55 pm

Marine veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan sworn in as NY police officer
Published March 25, 2017 FoxNews.com
 
 

A Long Island man who served in the Marines and lost both legs below the knees after stepping on a bomb in Afghanistan was sworn in Friday as possibly the first fully active duty double amputee police officer in the country.

Matias Ferreira, 28, graduated from the Suffolk County Police Academy in Brentwood, L.I. His first assignment as a precinct patrol officer begins next week. He told Fox 5 New York he isn’t worried if he breaks a leg on the job.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/25/marine-veteran-who-lost-both-legs-in-afghanistan-sworn-in-as-ny-police-officer.html