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Two Years After Murder, Memorial Unveiled to Honor Veteran EMT

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 3/25/19

Hundreds of Emergency Medical Service members stood at attention for the March 17 unveiling of a plaque honoring Paramedic Yadira Arroyo, who was murdered on the same spot in the Soundview section of the Bronx two years earlier. As a ceremonial bagpipe played, an FDNY helicopter hovered overhead.

On March 16, 2017 Jose Gonzalez allegedly carjacked Ms. Arroyo’s ambulance and ran over the 14-year veteran, dragging her body several feet before he crashed the rig into the sidewalk and was apprehended by an off-duty Metropolitan Transportation Authority police officer.

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