A courageous NYPD officer saved the life of a distressed Queens woman with a gun in her hand as Tropical Storm Fay raged over New York City.
Housing Officer Christopher Blom was called while patrolling the area of Flushing, Queens, in the early afternoon of July 10. A lone woman needed assistance; her family was worried about her state of mind and had made a frantic call to the NYPD asking for help, reports the NY Daily News.