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Podcast: Fight In Progress
Episode: September 11th Tribute with Guest Rich Mack
Description: Welcome to Fight in Progress!
This week’s podcast is in observance of the 21st anniversary of 9/11 and our guest is Lieutenant Richard Mack who served with the New York Police Department for 26 years. During 9/11, Rich spent months at Ground Zero and the Staten Island Landfill completing various duties from rescue and recovery operations to peer counseling.
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He was also part of a crisis response team with the Police Organization Providing Peer Assistance known as POPPA who responded to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, the Boston Marathon Bombings, and the aftermath of the Baltimore rio...