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"For the first time in almost nine months, an injured NOPD officer is back in uniform after being shot in the line of duty.Watch reportAnd he's not alone.\u00A0Sunday hundreds of men and women in blue joined firefighters and EMS during the annual inspection in in the French Quarter.They stood in uniform at Jackson Square while remembering their fallen comrades.\u00A0New this year was the participation of injured officers like John Passaro, now paralyzed.\"Recovery is long. It's going to take some time,\" said Passaro.In February Passaro was shot in the line of duty while responding to an armed robbery at a Dollar General store on Poland Avenue in the Upper Ninth Ward. The suspect got away.\"These men and women do public service because it\u2019s in their heart and soul to do so, and sometimes it will cost you everything. It can cost you your life,\" said NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas.Serpas said the ceremony shines a light on the stress and current dangers of being a first responder while honoring the sacrifices of families.\"This is a day for them to see that we want to pay homage to their loss, and you look around and there's several people here who've lost family members. Rodney Thomas' family is here. Officers going back as far as 1997 who were killed in the line of duty, their family members are here,\" said Serpas.\"It's hard, but we have to do it,\" said mother of five Deneen McCormick.She was there to pay tribute to her husband, 33-year-old officer Chris McCormick, who was shot and killed after he and his partner responded to a prowler call in 1996.\"My youngest was four year old. He's actually 21 now, and they love that their dad is not forgotten,\" said McCormick.Gone but not forgotten, hundreds entered St. Louis Cathedral for a memorial mass honoring those past and present who protect our city.\"I'm going to go on. I'm going to do what I have to do. I'm going to go back to work, and it's just a stepping stone that I've got to overcome, and I'm going to keep moving forward,\" said Passaro.In October NOPD officer Troy Pichon was shot to the leg near the intersection of Third and Lasalle streets while in the line of duty.Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox.\u00A0Click here to sign up!13484466"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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