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Feb 11, 2021
Sacrifice is a part of the American story the sacrifice of comfort of safety, and even of life in the name of forging a better life for oneself or one s family or in the name of protecting others against harm. Those tasked with protecting society are often those who sacrifice the most; from the military protecting our borders to the police protecting our streets.
This is the Forgotten History of An Officer s Sacrifice.
Darius Quimby was not a wealthy man. He was not a man of privilege or prestige. He was a working man, an honest man, a man who believed in serving his fellow men no matter their wealth, privilege, or prestige. At the young age of 20 the youngest age he legally could he became a police officer so that he could serve his community of Albany County, New York.