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Years before slain joined the Police Department, he was a safety officer at a Staten Island middle school trying to keep young kids out of trouble. One of those students was Mohammed Ghafari, who developed a friendship with Ramos and was inspired by his dreams of becoming a city cop. Ramos’ dream became Ghafari’s, and nearly 10 years after Ramos was killed in the line of duty, Ghafari followed in his footsteps.

Ramos’ widow was there to pin Ghafari’s shiny new badge to his chest. “I always wanted to be a cop,” Ghafari said Tuesday at the NYPD Police Academy graduation ceremony in Queens. “When I was in middle school in Staten Island, my mother would always be in school, so I had to stay late after school.



School Safety Agent Ramos would stay with me and wait outside with me. “We just would hang out and talk for hours,” Ghafari continued. “He told me a lot about how he wanted to join the NYPD.

A lot of things kept going wrong, but he finally got in. That’s when I told myself no matter what happens, I’m going to be here.” Ghafari thought he could get through the day without becoming overwhelmed.

Then, showed up, and Ghafari got a little emotional. “I have no idea what to feel, how to feel,” Ghafari said. “The fact that she was here to pin my shield, that was a blessing and I’ll never forget that.

” Ghafari will also never forget that the school where he and Ramos met, was named after a cop who was also killed in the line of duty. The who was k.

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