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Donations will be taken in a Community Blood Services bus parked outside River Vale Town Hall.
WHEN: Mon., Feb. 28 (4-7 p.m.)
WHERE: 406 Riverdale Road
MORE INFO: (201) 251-3703
NOTE: Eat before you come
Hundreds turned out Tuesday in Paramus in honor of the borough officer, who is on the mend and — by all accounts — anxious to return for work after being shot an hour or so before midnight Feb. 6 by a fleeing suspect who crashed his car, fired at her several times, then turned the gun on himself.
(SEE: Paramus police officer critical but stable after shooting surgery)
Morgan says her “hero,” backup Ryan Hayo, saved her life by getting to the scene — the on-ramp to the Garden State Parkway off Route 17 South — and firing several shots, several of which hit Michael Sean Carmody.
(SEE: Paramus Police Officer Rachel Morgan publicly thanks friends, family — and her hero)
Police said Carmody then pointed his gun under his chin and fired. His parents removed him from life support days later.
(SEE: Gunman who critically wounded Paramus police officer dies at hospital)
Morgan was struck twice in the abdomen. And although it was touch-and-go at the start, she bounced back quickly.
“She’s doing well and getting stronger by the minute,” Katie Cofone of Paramus reported last night. Then, today, Morgan was released from Hackensack University Medical Center, as a huge turnout of officers and others — including babpipers — saluted her.
Anyone who was unable to attend Tuesday’s blood drive in Paramus or can’t make the River Vale event can still donate blood.
Go to Community Blood Services, Paramus Donor Center, 970 Linwood Ave West, Paramus (201.251.3703). Be sure to mention that you are donating in honor of Officer Morgan.
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