pATROLMAN pATRICK HARRINGTON
patrolman JOSEPH T. MARICONDA
aviation unit
MARCH 1, 1970
It was just an everyday surveillance mission for Patrolmen Patrick Harrington and Joseph T. Mariconda.
Their helicopter cruised high against a powder blue sky over Queens. It was the 1stday of March, in 1970.
But in the next unforgiving heartbeat, the Aviation partners would be killed, when their Bell aircraft suffered a sudden
engine failure and crashed to destruction on a quiet neighborhood street, outside a row of single-family houses.
Both are Veterans of the Viet Nam war. Patrolman Mariconda was twice shot down while flying in Viet Nam.
May Almighty God bless them and grant them eternal peace
I remember it well i was working in avaition hanger on ERV WHEN joe mericonda was a veitnam pilot and Harrington was a observer
Joe was shot down in viet nam 2x and survived both great guys .