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HERO: 'It's Time To Go,' Would-Be GWB Jumper Tells Veteran Port Authority Police Officer HERO: 'It's Time To Go,' Would-Be GWB Jumper Tells Veteran Port Authority Police Officer
Hero: 'It's Time To Go,' Would-Be GWB Jumper Tells Veteran Port Authority Police Officer "It's time to go," a suicidal man perched on the outer railing of the George Washington Bridge told Port Authority Police Officer Stephen Gryboski. Gryboski isn't just any law enforcer, however. The senior officer at the PAPD's George Washington Bridge Command Center, Gryboski is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of Operation Desert Storm. He also proudly wears the badge of his father, retired Port Authority Police Officer Frank Gryboski, who served the department from 1959 through 1980. He also has a slow heartbeat. A few years ago, a member of the public sent the department an unsolicited mes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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A Distinguished Life: 42-Year Serviceman, Col. Richard L. Boyle, Recently Of Wyckoff A Distinguished Life: 42-Year Serviceman, Col. Richard L. Boyle, Recently Of Wyckoff
A Distinguished Life: 42-Year Serviceman, Col. Richard L. Boyle, Recently Of Wyckoff TRIBUTE: Among the recent residents of an assisted living facility in Wyckoff was a man with a distinguished history that few could match: Col. Richard L. Boyle. Boyle, who will be buried this Friday following his death from pneumonia last month, devoted nearly half of his 89 years to military service. He completed more than 28 active duty tours with various reserve and regular U.S. Army divisions after serving in the Navy. But there’s much more. Boyle also worked at the Pentagon, where he oversaw and coordinated the development of the Abrams M1 A1 Tank and a backpack field transmitter, s…

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by Jerry DeMarco