{"id":1837,"date":"2017-01-10T20:40:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T20:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:51:13","slug":"steven-mcdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1837","title":{"rendered":"Steven McDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gone at 59. A great, inspirational man and a sad loss. I met him very briefly twice. The NY Post article below the picture is a beautiful portrayal of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d25025d9970c-200wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13401\" title=\"Stevemcdonald family\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/01\/10\/paralyzed-nypd-hero-steven-mcdonald-dies-at-59\/\">Hero NYPD cop Steven McDonald \u2014 who famously forgave the cowardly teenage gunman who left him paralyzed from the neck down 30 years ago \u2014 died Tuesday at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, Long Island. He was 59. McDonald had been on life support since mucus clogged his respirator, sending him into cardiac arrest, on Friday. Family members and fellow cops, including former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, kept vigil by his side.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hit the link. Read it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gone at 59. A great, inspirational man and a sad loss. I met him very briefly twice. The NY Post article below the picture is a beautiful portrayal of him. Hero NYPD cop Steven McDonald \u2014 who famously forgave the cowardly teenage gunman who left him paralyzed from the neck down 30 years ago \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1837"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13403,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions\/13403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}