

Just over four years ago, on the night of October 1, 2017, a deranged murderer opened fire on a crowd of concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. Numerous people who were there said that in the terror and confusion going…
We all know of some of the horrors that our brothers and sisters take home with them each night and live with – the scenes that cannot be unseen. Many of us cannot share these things with our family as we don’t want them to house the demons…
In advance of the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, I.U.P.A. Local Virginia Beach Police Benevolent Association 34 presented a wreath of flowers to each of the four city precincts, their police memorial, and the Virginia Beach Fire Department Training Center. Virginia Beach Police Benevolent Association 34 posted on Facebook,…
The I.U.P.A. keeps a framed photograph of the Tribute in Light at our International Headquarters, which is a commemorative public art installation that is lit every year, from dusk until dawn, on September 11. It has grown to be an iconic symbol that honors those killed and celebrates…
New York State Investigator Ronald Pierone, Jr. When Ronald got the news about what had happened at the twin towers on September 11, 2001, he was holding his infant son who was just a few days shy of one month old. He handed his son off because he…