Bob Aiello – January 2003

Many are wondering what the New Year will bring. We enter 2003 after a tough year and a half. Yet, tough times often bring out the best in all of us. There is certainly fear of World War, Terrorism and continued tough economic challenges. Many readers know that I am an orthodox (Italian) Jew and that I spend a lot of my time doing public service work, especially in Police Community Relations. Last night we began an expanded Muslim Civilian Patrol with the news that a Pakistani Muslim had prevented a Jewish Synagogue from being burned in the Brooklyn area and assisted in arresting the arsonist. The coming year is certainly shaping up to be a year of challenges and heroics at many levels.