Bobby Egbert

Bobby Egbert is a retired Port Authority police officer, a 9/11 first responder veteran and the public information officer for the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association.

In memory of a homeless veteran

A cop connects with a story of heartbreak and heroism

November 8, 2019

In the 1980s and early ’90s, the Port Authority Bus Terminal on midtown Manhattan’s west side was ground zero for the era’s crack epidemic, crime and homelessness. The world’s busiest […] Read More

Rebuilding after 9/11

Port Authority P.D. and the leader who helped it recover from devastation

August 29, 2019

On September 11, 2001, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (PAPD) suffered the greatest number of line-of-duty deaths in a single incident in the history […] Read More

Zechariah Cartledge: A hero’s hero

Florida fourth-grader goes the distance for first responders

January 9, 2019

Nine-year-old Zechariah Cartledge is much like other boys his age. He enjoys video games, school sports and being with friends and family. But how many 9-year-olds raise thousands of dollars […] Read More

Running to honor the fallen

LAPD officer pays tribute to heroes and remembers the friend who changed his life

November 14, 2018

Joe Cirrito runs, then runs some more. And more after that. The 49-year-old Los Angeles police officer runs gut-wrenching, vomit-inducing, muscle-depleting distances: the 26.2 miles of the L.A. Marathon, the […] Read More