FBI Awards Devorah Halberstam

This past friday Devorah and FBI Director Robert Meuller in at FBI HQ in Washington DC

The New York Division has selected Devorah Halberstam to receive the Director’s Community Leadership Award.

On March 1, 1994, Devorah Halberstam’s 16-year-old son, Ari Halberstam, was murdered by Rashid Baz on the Brooklyn Bridge. Grief and fury over her beloved elder son’s murder transformed Ms. Halberstam into an activist against terrorism.

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By Jessica Naiman
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