Seven Shots: An NYPD Raid on a Terrorist Cell and Its Aftermath
Jennifer C. Hunt
Language: English
Pages: 384
ISBN: 0226360903
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
On July 31, 1997, a six-man Emergency Service team from the NYPD raided a terrorist cell in Brooklyn and narrowly prevented a suicide bombing of the New York subway that would have cost hundreds, possibly thousands of lives.
Seven Shots tells the dramatic story of that raid, the painstaking police work involved, and its paradoxical aftermath, which drew the officers into a conflict with other rank-and-file police and publicity-hungry top brass. Jennifer C. Hunt draws on her personal knowledge of the NYPD and a network of police contacts extending from cop to four-star chief, to trace the experience of three officers on the Emergency Service entry team and the two bomb squad detectives who dismantled the live device. She follows their lives for five years, from that near-fatal day in 1997, through their encounters inside the brutal world of departmental politics, and on to 9/11, when they once again put their lives at risk in the fight against terrorism, racing inside the burning towers and sorting through the ash, debris, and body parts. Throughout this fast paced narrative, Hunt maintains a strikingly fine-grained, street-level view, allowing us to understand the cops on their own terms—and often in their own words. The result is a compelling insider’s picture of the human beings who work in two elite units in the NYPD and the moral and physical danger and courage involved.
As gripping as an Ed McBain novel—and just as steeped in New York cop culture and personalities—Seven Shots takes readers on an unforgettable journey behind the shield and into the hearts of New York City police.
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publisher. introduction Introduction 1 on july 31, 1997, a six-man emer gency Service Unit (ESU) team raided the apartment of two Middle Eastern terrorists who were in possession of bombs that they planned to detonate in the New York subway that morning. Upon entering their bedroom, police officers Keith Ryan and Joe Dolan fired their weapons, critically wounding both suspects. A few minutes later, detectives Rich Teemsma and Paul Yurkiw took X-rays of the bags found on the premises and
mostly to terrorist suspects. overview Police Culture Contemporary studies of policing emphasize the complexity and dynamic nature of police occupational culture. The police organization does not contain one monolithic culture but rather a “matrix” of subcultures whose You are reading copyrighted material published by University of Chicago Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and
number of sergeants assigned to classrooms. More controversial among the staff was his decision to dissolve the police science, law, and behavioral science departments and make every police You are reading copyrighted material published by University of Chicago Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. [ x viii ] p r e fa c e instructor responsible for teaching all three
worried about him getting hurt anyway. He’d been in tight spots before in Emergency Service and the Bomb Squad. Even during the dark days after Yurkiw got shot and Teemsma was half-blaming himself for not being there, she didn’t think he’d get injured or killed on the job. Teemsma felt the same way. “It wasn’t that I was tougher than anyone else, but I just knew and she knew that nothing was gonna happen to me,” he said. “Who are these guys?” she asked. “Well everyone’s saying they’re Hamas, but
justifying the shooting in one punch while establishing the absence of internal conflict. “Well, OK then. We’re done here. I’m going to give you a few days off. That’s the routine. You can go back to work next Monday.” “I can go?” You are reading copyrighted material published by University of Chicago Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. [ 162 ] c h a p t e r s i x
