{"id":344638,"date":"2026-09-12T02:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T02:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344638\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T02:49:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T02:49:05","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-retired-nypd-officers-release-memoir-reflecting-on-911-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344638\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Retired Nypd Officers Release Memoir Reflecting On 911 Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Two retired NYPD officers are helping preserve the legacy of Sept. 11 through a new memoir titled &#8220;The Big One: Reflections of an NYPD Lieutenant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The book shares the firsthand experience of New York&#8217;s Finest Nicholas Bavaro, from Long Island and the response efforts at ground zero on the day of the terrorist attacks and during the many days that followed.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Joe Badalamente, of Tappan in Rockland County, wrote it. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">They both said the writing process was cathartic, giving them an opportunity to reflect on their experiences and the impact of the attacks.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;I hope someone finds comfort in it. I hope someone finds the humanity,&#8221; said Bavaro.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Badalamente said he hopes the younger generation will learn and understand the importance of Sept. 11. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;The book somehow transmits the horror of that day. The horror, the heroism and the resilience. Not just of the first responders but of everyone,&#8221; Badalamente said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;The Big One: Reflections of an NYPD Lieutenant&#8221; was released last week ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">It&#8217;s available for purchase on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two retired NYPD officers are helping preserve the legacy of Sept. 11 through a new memoir titled &#8220;The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-344638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}