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Ray Kelly Rescues Damsel In Distress
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Ben Muessig
Published Mar 3, 2010
Modified Mar 3, 2010
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In a story that makes you wonder if he already has a P.R. team at work on his rumored Mayoral campaign, the Daily News reports that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly rescued an injured woman yesterday. After Queens resident Devi Cusack twisted her ankle in a pothole on Broadway, Kelly and an aide got out of their NYPD vehicle and helped her to the sidewalk. "He's such an awesome guy," said Cusack. "I asked him if he was Secret Service ... He said, 'No, I'm the commissioner.' I said, 'Oh, you're Ray Kelly!'" Kelly stayed with Cusack for 20 minutes waiting for an ambulance before he called for a police radio car to take her to the hospital.
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