
Father and son cops both caught lucky breaks in NYPD shootings
NY Post
They’re vested in the NYPD.
A father and son serving with the Finest were both saved by their bulletproof vests nearly 30 years apart.
Andrew Yurkiw joined the NYPD in 2012, following in the footsteps of his 71-year-old dad Paul Yurkiw who entered the force in 1982.
While he got to wear the NYPD blue just like his dad, the son never imagined he’d also be saved by his bulletproof vest.
“I didn’t think it would ever happen to me, because lightning never strikes twice in the same spot,” the younger Yurkiw, 39, said.
His father stopped to assist what he thought was a disabled vehicle on a service road along the Van Wyke Expressway near Rockaway Boulevard around 1:30 a.m. on June 21, 1989, when he saw a motorist who appeared to be in distress.
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