He came to New York City as an immigrant from Bangladesh and worked his way up the nation’s largest police force.
Didarul Islam had worked as a school safety agent before becoming a patrol officer less than four years ago. But on Monday, that promising career was cut short.
While working a uniformed security assignment, Islam was killed in a midtown Manhattan skyscraper by a gunman targeting the NFL, whose headquarters are in the Park Avenue tower.
The 36-year-old Bronx officer was the first of four people killed in the attack, including a security guard, real estate firm employee and investment firm executive.
“Officer Islam’s death was yet another reminder of everything you risk just by showing up to work,” Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tuesday. “He knew that risk. He embraced it. He understood what it meant to put the safety of others above his own.”
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