{"id":2687,"date":"2023-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/biden-awards-medal-valor-9-recipients-including-posthumously-2-slain-nypd-officers\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T00:00:00","slug":"biden-awards-medal-valor-9-recipients-including-posthumously-2-slain-nypd-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/biden-awards-medal-valor-9-recipients-including-posthumously-2-slain-nypd-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden awards Medal of Valor to 9 recipients, including posthumously to 2 slain NYPD officers"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Biden on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Valor, the highest award the U.S. can bestow on a public safety officer, to nine recipients for 2021 and 2022, including posthumously to two NYPD officers shot and killed in the line of duty while responding to a 911 call. <\/p>\n
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“There’s no greater responsibility of government than assure the safety of the American people and those who serve and protect us all. We’re incredibly proud of all of you. And I mean that, incredibly proud, all of you. And we’re going to have your back as long as we need to. As long as you’re engaged,” Biden said in the East Room of the White House. <\/a><\/p>\n In the past two weeks, the president noted how the country observed a National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, National Police Weekend, and National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day. Biden said he has hosted the Medal of Valor event several times as president and vice president and co-sponsored the bill that created the Medal of Valor when he was a U.S. senator. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “These are some most meaningful things that I do as president, because knowing you, meeting your families, looking in your eyes, seeing your courage gives me so much hope for the country.” Biden, who recently announced he’d seek re-election<\/a> in 2024, said. “You represent \u2013 this is not hyperbole \u2013 represent the very best of us. You represent the best of who we are as Americans. God bless you all. May God protect public safety officers and families.”<\/p>\n NYPD Officers Wilbert Mora, left, and Jason Rivera. The two officers were shot while responding to a call in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Jan. 21, 2022.<\/span> (NYPD via AP, File)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n