On a summer day in New York City, Police Officer Thomas Schimenti Jr., a 36-year-old male, was walking his beat when he was thrust into a life-or-death confrontation. It was August 17, 1979, when a woman urgently flagged him down, reporting a bank robbery in progress at 100 Park Avenue. The robber, disguised in a gorilla mask, was fleeing the scene.
Without hesitation, Officer Schimenti pursued the suspect, who was heading north on Park Avenue. As the chase unfolded, two detectives in the
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