(top left to right) Ed Stack, Lenny Ciangi, me, Frank Zingarelli. (bottom left to right) Wayne Frano, Eddy Dickinson, Joe Antosh and Ralph Schauf. SWAT War Wagon in background. (Courtesy of Ed Stack)
Me in uniform in my early years as a Chicago Cop.
Receiving an award in Shanghai, China (third from right).
A disguise I wore in court when I testified against gang members I had purchased drugs from while undercover.
A disguise I wore in court when I testified against gang members I had purchased drugs from while undercover.
American Airlines I.D. Card that was issued to me to gain access to O’Hare Airport while working on identifying the crash victims of American Airlines Flight #191. (See Excerpt 1)
The award I received from the medical examiner’s office for my work on AA Flight #191. (See Excerpt 1)
Officer Richie Clark whose murder resulted in a two-day standoff that my SWAT team was involved in. (Courtesy of Erica Clark, Richie’s wife)
Me as a female decoy and my partner Eddy Dickinson during an undercover sting operation.
Me as a female decoy and my partner, Janine Warner, during an undercover sting operation.
Me hidden in a box on top of a car secretly recording a meeting at The Furama Restaurant in Chicago’s Chinatown between members of New York City, Boston, and Chicago Chinese organized crime figures.
Me exiting the box after a 4-hour stakeout of a meeting between Chinese organized crime figures in Chicago’s Chinatown.
Me holding an award that my FBI squad mates and I received.
Fernie Zayas (second from right) in a line-up for the triple murder on Catalpa Street in Chicago. (See Excerpt 2) (Courtesy of Bill O’Brien)
Det. Eddy Wiora (left) and me putting burglar bars on my informant’s Korean “whore house” after a violent home-invasion robbery.