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Episode 7: On The Job In The Bronx With Ret’d NYPD Detective And Crime Novelist Travis Myers
Back in the late 1970s flames engulfed the South Bronx.
The borough symbolized that New York City was a crime-ridden decaying urban war zone.
1976 saw the largest spike in reported felonies on record.
The city was on the verge of bankruptcy.
When then-Mayor Abe Beam asked Washington for a federal bailout, then-President Gerald Ford declared flatly to veto any legislation. The New York Daily News interpreted the President's message as, “Drop Dead.”
In 1977 during game 2 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, a massive warehouse fire blazed in the background.
A helicopter circling the stadium for game coverage repeatedly showed the building burning into the night.
Everyone thought commentator Howard Cosell uttered, “Ladies and gentlemen the Bronx is Burning.”
Cosell did not say it but the audience collectively thought it. And “The Bronx is Burning” came to define New York City in 1977.
Meanwhile, the Son of Sam, had been taunting police by leaving notes behind at the scene of his murders.
It became known as the “Summer of Sam”. Serial killer David Berkowitz killed six people, wounded seven more leaving some of them crippled for life.
And then the lights went out. An infamous power failure blacked out the city for two days.
Mass rioting and looting erupted.
By the time the power came on 1,700 stores had been looted and more than $150 million dollars worth of property had been destroyed.
Retired New York City Police detective Travis Myers spent his career on the streets of the Bronx.
After policing, Myers went into real estate, pubs, and restaurants.
Travis and his sister Natasha have created a fictional detective named Tommy Keane in a series of true crime novels.
Myers talks with SWAT Brothers about changes in policing and inspiration for his Tommy Keane detective novels.
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It is produced by Grace Woodward.
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By Robert RiggsBack in the late 1970s flames engulfed the South Bronx.
The borough symbolized that New York City was a crime-ridden decaying urban war zone.
1976 saw the largest spike in reported felonies on record.
The city was on the verge of bankruptcy.
When then-Mayor Abe Beam asked Washington for a federal bailout, then-President Gerald Ford declared flatly to veto any legislation. The New York Daily News interpreted the President's message as, “Drop Dead.”
In 1977 during game 2 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, a massive warehouse fire blazed in the background.
A helicopter circling the stadium for game coverage repeatedly showed the building burning into the night.
Everyone thought commentator Howard Cosell uttered, “Ladies and gentlemen the Bronx is Burning.”
Cosell did not say it but the audience collectively thought it. And “The Bronx is Burning” came to define New York City in 1977.
Meanwhile, the Son of Sam, had been taunting police by leaving notes behind at the scene of his murders.
It became known as the “Summer of Sam”. Serial killer David Berkowitz killed six people, wounded seven more leaving some of them crippled for life.
And then the lights went out. An infamous power failure blacked out the city for two days.
Mass rioting and looting erupted.
By the time the power came on 1,700 stores had been looted and more than $150 million dollars worth of property had been destroyed.
Retired New York City Police detective Travis Myers spent his career on the streets of the Bronx.
After policing, Myers went into real estate, pubs, and restaurants.
Travis and his sister Natasha have created a fictional detective named Tommy Keane in a series of true crime novels.
Myers talks with SWAT Brothers about changes in policing and inspiration for his Tommy Keane detective novels.
Follow SWATBrothers
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/SWATpodcast/
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/swat_brothers_podcast/
SWAT Brothers is a trademarked and copyrighted news show produced by the True Crime Reporter™ podcast.
It is hosted and written by Peabody Award-Winning Investigative Reporter Robert Riggs and Retired 40-year Dallas Police Lieutenant Bob Owens who served twenty years in Dallas SWAT.
It is produced by Grace Woodward.
Send SWAT Brothers your questions about firearms, equipment, training, or any other subjects to [email protected]. We answer questions on the 3rd Friday of each month. Contact us there if you want to be a guest or recommend a guest or subject for an episode.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com