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Shot cop’s miracle

The Brooklyn cop nearly killed in a bloody gun battle with a teen shooter walked out of a Manhattan hospital yesterday to the deafening applause of his brothers in blue.

“Thank you,” a teary-eyed Officer Richard Ramirez whispered as he hobbled on crutches through the two columns of more than 150 shouting cops in dress uniforms that lined NYU Hospital’s entrance on East 34th Street. Many were Ramirez’s pals from the 75th Precinct station house.

“I’m going to be with my family. That’s it,” said Ramirez, 29, flanked by his loved ones and wearing a jersey from his beloved NFL JetsRamirez had been hospitalized since being hit twice in the right leg during an Oct. 17 firefight in Brooklyn.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/shot_cop_miracle_uEng164GWH3phHaLCt0z4L#ixzz19px5yaDR

January 1, 2011 - Posted by | Uncategorized | ,

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