PAX Centurion - March / April 2015

www.bppa.org PAX CENTURION • March/April 2015 • Page 11 To the men and women of the BPD and BEMS, It was, and is, a great pleasure to raise awareness, on your behalf, of the annual scholarship by securing advertisers to offer their services to you, the members of the BPPA, in 2015 and beyond. It is most important to keep in mind that many of these advertisers are happy to support our cause just because they are appreciative of your efforts, but many, while appreciative, need to drive additional sales as well. Please try to keep this in mind as you shop for groceries, fill prescriptions, buy cars, dine in restaurants or when you might be in need of any services you see advertised within the pages of this, or past and future issues of the Pax. Also, as always, as you go about your daily routines, if you see or hear of a potential candidate for advertising, I can be reached at 617-989-2772 (office) or my cell 617-529- 9288. Thank you in advance and thank you for the opportunity to represent you in this endeavor. Sincerely, Mike Joyce Advertisers in this issue of the Pax Centurion : Boston Bruins Foundation Boston Red Sox Foundation Brookmeadow Country Club Burke Distributors Byrne & Anderson, LLP, Attorneys at Law City of Boston Credit Union The Embroidery Clinic Law Firm of Scott D. Goldberg, P.C. Law Offices of Donald E. Green Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Carole Lund, R.E. Neponset Preschool New York Life/Kevin J. Pishkin Relentless Charters Shawmut Design and Construction A Moynihan Miracle? Officer recovers as hundreds of fellow officers attend Palm Sunday prayer service. Coincidence?... See Moynihan on page 15 By James W. Carnell, Pax Editor A RE THERE SUCH THINGSAS “MIRACLES?” Do you believe in them? Officer John Moyni- han , shot in the face at point-blank range on Friday, March 27 th with a 357. Magnum, was in a medically-induced coma on March 29 th , Palm Sunday, as hundreds of fellow police officers, friends and supporters gathered outside St. Patrick’s Church on Dudley Com- mon for the blessing of the palms and to pray for Officer Moynihan’s recovery. The bullet had entered beneath his right eye and lodged behind his right ear. He was listed in critical condition, as one can imagine with such a devastating wound to the head from such a powerful handgun. But, within a short time after the prayer service ended, we received word that Officer Moynihan had undergone surgery by the doctors at BMC who had removed the bullet and that John had actually begun talking. Palm Sunday, as far as Christians are concerned, marks the triumphant return of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem, greeted by throngs of people waving palm fronds. It marks the beginning of HolyWeek, which ends with Easter Sunday, celebrating the resurrection of Christ after his crucifixion. The fact that Officer Moynihan survived being shot in the face is, in and of itself, nothing short of a miracle, and a testament to the skill of the doctors and medical staff of the BMC. But while he languished in critical condition as his fellow officers prayed at a Palm Sunday mass, one cannot dismiss the possibility of divine intervention. Officer Moynihan, a decorated officer and military veteran, was, as we all know, shot by career-criminal AngeloWest (addressed in another article in this edition) on March 27 th on Humboldt Ave. in Roxbury. Mr. West was subsequently dispatched to Beelzebub’s kitchen by Moynihan’s gallant and brave fellow officers, saving the taxpayers a tremendous amount of money in free legal services, medical care , and three-meals-a-day at Cedar Junction for the rest of his worthless life. As the District Attorney’s office prepares to release the videotape to the public, conclusively showing that AngeloWest was the sole aggressor and the attempted murderer of a Boston Police Officer,