Picture Of NYPD Officer Giving Barefoot Man Boots Goes Viral
Commissioner Kelly Gives DePrimo His Gold Cuff Links As Thanks
November 29, 2012 9:40 PM
A photo by tourist Jennifer Foster of an NYPD officer giving a barefoot man shoes (credit: NYPD/Facebook)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A New York City police officer’s act of kindness has gone viral.
Arizona tourist Jennifer Foster took a snapshot of Officer Larry DePrimo giving a barefoot man a new pair of all-weather boots and thermal socks in Times Square on Nov. 14.
WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond reports
DePrimo was stationed at his foot post at the corner of 44th Street and Broadway that frigid night when he noticed an elderly homeless man, shoeless, on the sidewalk.
“I went up to him and I was like, ‘where are your shoes?’ He said ‘it’s OK officer…I’ve never had a pair of shoes…but God bless you and thank you for doing what you’re doing,’” DePrimo told 1010 WINS’ Al Jones.
Officer Larry DePrimo displays gold cuff links given to him by NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)
The officer, 25, went to the Sketchers shoe store nearby and purchased $100 all-weather boots and socks for the man.
“When I brought out the shoes, it was just a smile from ear to ear, so it was absolutely amazing,” DePrimo told WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond.
The officer said he did not notice anyone around him taking a picture of his good deed.
“I didn’t really expect anything of it, I walked away and I went back to my foot post. I told my mother and that was it,” DePrimo said. “She cried about it and she was very happy.”
1010 WINS’ Al Jones reports
DePrimo said he offered to buy the homeless man coffee or a meal, but the man just thanked him.
The officer, who lives on Long Island, said he still carries around the $100 receipt in his bulletproof vest.
“You see something like this and you remember that people have it worse. There’s thousands of people still out there without power, without homes and it’s upsetting and I think it’s important to have a reminder like that. There’s something to remember,” DePrimo told Diamond.
The photograph became an instant hit after it was posted on theNYPD’s Facebook page.
As of Thursday evening, the picture had generated more than 417,000 likes, had been shared more than 138,000 times and had received more than 30,000 comments.
Foster said she was visiting “The Crossroads of the World” with her husband when she saw the man on the sidewalk asking for change, but DePrimo came up with something better.
“The officer said, ‘I have these size 12 boots for you, they are all-weather. Let’s put them on and take care of you,’” Foster said in a post on the NYPD’s Facebook page.
DePrimo then squatted down and put the footwear on the man.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly gave DePrimo a pair of his gold cuff links and the thanks of the entire Department at a ceremony on Thursday.
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Mathew, Chapter 25
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35 ‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
35 ‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
36 ‘I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked
after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 Then the righteous will answer him,
‘Master, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you
something to drink?
38 ‘When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing
clothes and clothe you?
39 ‘When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you’?
40 The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell
you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for me’.
2 comments:
Thanks John for posting this story. What a wonderful feeling to help another.
Love n light
Eugene
Officer DePrimo is obviously a wonderful human being! Bravo!
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