Yisroel R.

Rockland County officials, law enforcement members, and community leaders gathered at the Mountainview Avenue memorial in Central Nyack to mark 45 years since the deadly 1981 Brink’s robbery and honor the three men who lost their lives that day. 

The October 20, 1981, robbery and shootings claimed the lives of Brink’s security guard Peter Paige and Nyack Police Sgt. Edward O’Grady and Officer Waverly “Chipper” Brown. Congressman Mike Lawler, County Executive Ed Day, Assemblyman Aron Wieder, Ramapo Supervisor Michael Specht, and Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann, and other officials joined Tuesday’s memorial honoring their lives and sacrifice.