NYPD heroes honored at PBA's Finest of the Finest ceremony

Dozens of NYPD officers were honored for bravery at the Police Benevolent Association's Finest of the Finest ceremony in Queens, including Officer Grant Pulgarin, who tackled a suspected terrorist after an explosive device was thrown outside Gracie Mansion. Pulgarin ran toward the danger and subdued the suspect with a tackle after a fuse-lit bomb was hurled into a crowd during an ISIS-inspired attack on March 17. Other honorees included officers who shot a meat cleaver-wielding suspect after he stabbed four children in Brooklyn, and an off-duty officer who rescued two people from a fiery crash. Officer Joseph Wetzel, who was on medical leave for cancer treatment, broke a car window with an emergency tool to save a driver and passenger after a crash in Wantagh, Long Island. All victims in the incidents survived, and the PBA president praised the officers for facing dangers that critics of policing have never encountered.