NEW YORK (AP) - An Arizona tourist who snapped a wildly popular photo of a New York City policeman helping a homeless man says she feels a kinship for the officer.
Jennifer Foster appeared with Officer Larry DePrimo on the "Today" show Friday.
Says Foster: "We decided we're best friends."
DePrimo said he found the whole experience "surreal and extremely humbling." He said he just knew he had to help the man.
Foster, a resident of Florence, Ariz., took a photo of DePrimo giving new boots to the barefoot homeless man in Times Square on a cold night. It went viral after it was posted on the NYPD's Facebook page on Tuesday.
Foster said her father, a Phoenix police officer for 32 years, had once done something similar. Foster herself is a police dispatcher.
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Monday, May 20 2013 10:36 AM EDT2013-05-20 14:36:21 GMT
Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City.
Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City.
Monday, May 20 2013 5:58 AM EDT2013-05-20 09:58:10 GMT
The Connecticut Department of Transportation and Metro-North Railroad released the following information regarding service on the New Haven commuter rail line
The Connecticut Department of Transportation and Metro-North Railroad released the following information regarding service on the New Haven commuter rail line
Jennifer Foster, Officer Larry DePrimo
