Identification Card
- Description
- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department identification card issued to Kathy N. Mazza. The card includes a photograph of Mazza as well as her shield number, 21, and rank, Captain. The issue date is April 10, 2000.
- Historical Notes
- Massapequa, Long Island, native Kathy Mazza lived in Farmingdale with her husband, Christopher. A former nurse, Kathy joined the PAPD in 1987 and became the first female commanding officer of its police academy. She taught emergency medical skills and championed a successful initiative to equip airports with heart defibrillators. On September 11, Captain Mazza responded to the towers. She was 46 years old.
- Accession Number: C.2012.485.18
- Dimensions: 2.25 in X 3.375 in
- Dimensions (Metric): 5.715 cm X 8.5725 cm
- Source: Christopher Delosh
- Credit Line: Gift of Christopher Delosh in memory of Kathy N. Mazza
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