PAPBA News

After the World Trade Center’s South Tower came crashing down around his ears on 9/11, trapping him under the rubble for several hours, retired Port Authority Police Department Sgt. Conrad Krueger never returned to Ground Zero or the 9/11 Memorial & Museum — until Wednesday.

There, by the 9/11 Memorial reflecting pools, where the names of the 37 Port Authority police officers who died at the site are etched in marble for eternity, he pinned his shield on his grandson Sean, who is poised to graduate the PAPD’s academy Friday. Read More

More than 1,500 “No Kings Day” rallies are expected to disrupt hundreds of cities in all 50 states Saturday, protesting President Trump as the Army’s 250th anniversary military parade takes place in Washington, DC.

A map on NoKings.org shows planned demonstrations across the US and Canada in what organizers call “a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration.” Read More

A 2-year-old boy was swept away out of his mom’s sight after climbing onto a luggage conveyor belt at Newark Libery International Airport — the latest scary trip at the troubled travel hub.

The Staten Island toddler wandered onto the ankle-high conveyor belt where passengers drop off their luggage before takeoff, while his mother was busy rebooking a flight with a JetBlue employee in Terminal A on May 28, according to sources and the Port Authority PBA. Read More

Conveyor belts for luggage are not places to play. That rule is not necessarily known by 2-year-old boys, who, for that matter, are too young to read the warning signs posted against riding on baggage conveyor systems. That may be why a toddler entered the checked baggage conveyor belt system in Terminal A at Newark Liberty Airport. Quick action by Port Authority Police Department cops prevented what could have been a dangerous situation for a small child. Read More

Jeffrey Schneider was driving into New York City from New Jersey when he caught Officer Rey Lainez stopping traffic to herd a family of geese away from the Holland Tunnel. Read More