The NYPD sergeant union would pay for the funeral of a doorman who helped capture a man accused of punching a female policeman who was not on duty on a Manhattan subway and died a few minutes later, The Post said.
“This is a man who has just gone to work and is doing what is right in life – and that has finally cost him a fortune,” Association President Sergeant Benevolent Ed Mullins said on Thursday.
Angel Calderon, 54, left his job as a doorman on the Upper West Side late Monday to take the No. train. 1 to the city to his home in the Bronx.
When he descended on the platform at West 86th Street and Broadway stations, he met a man who allegedly had just repeatedly punched a 23-year-old policeman who was not on duty.
Calderon detained the man until police arrived at the station around midnight. He then tried to continue his journey to the Bronx, but was found on a dead train at 72nd Street station.
His family said they were not given a reason for death, and he had no health problems.
They said they were worried they would pay for his funeral because his sister had died a month earlier than COVID-19 and they had borrowed to pay for her property.
News that SBA took the tab made Angel’s 78-year-old mother cry, her brother, Lourdes Calderon, said.
“He started crying because he was happy,” said the sister. “An angel is my mother’s baby. There are five girls and Angel is her son.”
Mullins said the union would cut a $ 15,000 check into the funeral home to cover costs.
“This relieves a lot of our stress in this time of pain,” said Lourdes, who lives in New Jersey. “What a relief! With all that we have suffered with the death of my sister and now?”
Percy Freeman, 43, was arrested for punching police and stealing his bag, according to police and court documents. He was jailed on Rikers Island on a robbery charge.
