Family of ambushed NYC officer gets renovated home financed by charity
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Photographs of slain New York Police officers Wenjian Liu, left, and Rafael Ramos are placed in a makeshift memorial honoring the men at the 84th Precinct in the Brooklyn borough of New York, where the officers were stationed, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014. Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who vowed online to shoot two "pigs" in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner, ambushed Ramos and Liu in a patrol car Saturday and fatally shot them in broad daylight before running to a subway station and killing himself, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (The Associated Press)
The family of slain NYPD cop Rafael Ramos has a newly renovated home, thanks to a charity that made good on its promise.
Family of slain NYPD Det. Rafael Ramos steps into renovated mortgage-free home in Brooklyn https://t.co/OUsEDNkMid pic.twitter.com/oJLTGblfOX
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Family members gathered Wednesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of the revamped Brooklyn home paid for by a slew of donations from The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
Ramos’ widow Maritza, one of their two teenage sons Jaden, and Ramos’ sister Sindy were in attendance for the NYPD-led ceremony outside the Cypress Hills home.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}After Ramos, 40, was fatally gunned down along with his partner Wenjian Liu, 32, in an ambush in Brooklyn on Dec. 20, 2014, the foundation quickly raised $1.2 million dollars that paid off the mortgages on both of the murdered officer’s homes and paid for renovations on both of the family’s homes.
Liu’s mother and father also attended the ceremony as well as about 50 uniformed officers.
“Maritza, Rafael is looking down on you today and he is so proud of you. He’s so proud of you the way that you’ve carried yourself for the last 19 months with such dignity and strength,” said Frank Siller, the chairman and CEO of the foundation, which was formed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“So proud of you that you decided to remain in the home where you shared so many of your memories and dreams … I know that he is most proud of you that you turned to Christ,” Siller added.