Twelve years after moving to the United States from Bangladesh, Didarul Islam sought to join the ranks of the nation's largest police department because he "got inspired" by the "blanket" of protection the NYPD provided to his community, according to an essay he wrote as part of his police academy application.

An NFL employee was seriously injured in a shooting at a   Midtown Manhattan office tower Monday where a gunman killed at least four people before turning his weapon on himself.