NYPD detective's desire to help family turns into platform now helping first responders nationwide
The "CBS This Morning" series A More Perfect Union aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. Meg Oliver shares the story of how an NYPD detective's desire to help his former colleague through an unimaginable tragedy turned into a platform to help first responders all over the country.
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