SPRING 3100; The Magazine for the Department by the Department Vol. 64/Issue 5/6 September-December 2001
New York City: New York Police Department, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus of this Special Commemorative Double Issue. Wraps. The format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 63, [1] pages, plus covers. Front cover has 911 themed illustrations. Illustrations (many in color). SPRING 3100 is published bimonthly by the New York City Police Department. This Commemorative Special Double Issue is a Tribute to our Fallen Heroes and To All of Those who Labored Unselfishly in the Rescue and Recovery Efforts in the Aftermath to the World Trade Center Attacks. Includes Police Commissioner's Message; President's Message; Mayor's Message, September 11, 2001, And Its Aftermath; In Memory Of: A Tribute to Our Fallen Heroes; and Medal Day 2001. SPRING 3100 is a magazine published by the New York Police Department for current and retired members. It was first published in March 1930. The name comes from the six-digit telephone number for Police Headquarters at the time the magazine was founded: SPring 3100. Historically it has provided information on notable members of the Department, promotions, transfers, decorations, significant arrests, technical information and Patrol Guide updates, command activities, and death notices. It was also highly popular with other law enforcement agencies around the world for the invaluable material found within its pages. In May 1971, the magazine ceased publication but was brought back in February 1972. In 1979, citing a severe manpower shortage, Police Commissioner McGuire made the decision to cease publication. In 1988, at the direction of Police Commissioner Brown, the magazine returned in a standard size format and has remained in publication since. The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. That morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions of the East Coast to California. The hijackers crashed the first two planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, two of the world's five tallest buildings at the time, and aimed the next two flights toward targets in or near Washington, D.C., in an attack on the nation's capital. The third team succeeded in crashing into The Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense in Arlington County, Virginia, while the fourth plane crashed in rural Pennsylvania following a passenger revolt. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and instigated the multi-decade global war on terror. Twenty-three members of the NYPD died in the line of duty as they responded to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Those officers served in the following commands: Emergency Service Unit Squads 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 10; the 6, 13, and 40 Precincts; Bomb Squad; Transit Bureau District 4; Traffic Control Division; and Video Production Unit. Rare surviving copy of this specialist periodical, providing nearly contemporaneous coverage of the horrendous events and the enduring impacts on survivors, family, institutions, the community and the Nation. Condition: Good.
Keywords: September 11, 9-11-2001, Terrorism, Terrorist Attack, World Trade Center, NYPD, FDNY, Rescue, Recovery, Police Department, Heroism, Rudolph Guilani, Bernard Kerik, Memorial, Medals, Grief, Remembrance
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