NEW YORK CITY BUILDING DEPARTMENT COP, HIT BY SUV, RESCUES WOMAN FROM HUSBAND

From: New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Brooklyn Accident Lawyer)

On Wednesday, August 4, 2010 a New York City official went above and beyond the call of duty. The New York City Building Department had hired Eugene Corcoran this past May from the United States Marshal's office in Brooklyn, where he had worked for seven years, and made him Deputy Commissioner of Enforcement; he has over 30 years of overall experience in law enforcement. Corcoran's job is to investigate corruption in the Building Department, supervise inspectors, and keep companies that do construction work in the City of New York honest.

Corcoran was driving on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens County when he spotted a domestic violence attack in progress. Mr. Ameer Khairullah and his wife, Bebe, were fighting at 7:30 a.m. as she was driving their Toyota SUV westbound in the center lane of the Grand Central near 168th Street in Jamaica Estates. In attacking his wife, Ameer hit her and ejected her from their SUV, knocked her down, and ran over her leg, fracturing it.

Corcoran stopped his Ford Explorer in the parkway's center lane and ran to Bebe's rescue. In the meanwhile, the Toyota SUV rear-ended Corcoran's vehicle, catapulting him over the highway guardrail. Corcoran scrambled to his feet, ran back to the fight, and subdued Ameer, taking him down to the ground and holding him there.

A passing New York City firefighter, Edward Tucker, pulled up and assisted Corcoran in handcuffing the perp. The two men held Ameer for police.

According to a police spokesman, the wife said that "they always had fights like that." She was taken to the hospital to have her broken leg set and was reported to be in stable condition.

Corcoran was taken to North Shore University Hospital for a minor neck injury, police said.

Ameer was arrested and charged with two counts of assault -- one for his wife, and one for Deputy Commissioner Corcoran.

Comment: Just when we might start to despair that there are no more heroes, Corcoran comes along a saves a woman who was run over by her own husband. I hope they "throw the book" at Ameer, who seems to be a persistent wife-beater.