Never forget? Try impossible to forget, with recent reminders like the 2022 death of Harlemite Janelle Sanders.
Inextricably tied to 9/11, she responded to the World Trade Center attacks just a year into her NYPD career in a literal trial-by-fire. Exactly 21 years later, on Sept. 11 of last year, Sanders died from a 9/11-related cancer first announced by her union, the NYPD Captains Endowment Association. She was 44.
Sanders went on to rise through the ranks, ultimately promoted to captain in her home precinct, the 32nd. Her colleagues say she requested placement in Harlem, an aberration given the usual reservations and safety concerns for police to work where they live. NYPD Housing Sgt. John Schad, who worked under Sanders in 2014, credits her as his mentor and recalled her investment toward her “second family” in the police department.
Inspector Amir Yakatally and Captain Jose Taveras, who worked with Sanders at the 32nd shortly before she died, say she was a role model for young Black girls in Harlem who saw themselves in her. According to them, her door was quite literally always open for others. They added that she was the “heart and soul” of the 32nd, especially when the precinct dealt with the high-profile killing of officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora in January of last year.
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