Article #1 Rough Draft
A former MLB pitcher who retired to become a police officer in New York City dies in a car crash on his way to a 9/11 memorial service.
Anthony Varvaro was assigned and on his way to attend the ceremony at the site of the World Trade Center when the crash happened. Varvaro was 37 years old and was in his sixth year of service at the time.
Vavaro has a wife and four children as well that are in deep grievance over the tragic loss of their husband and father.
Many of Vavaro’s former teammates, fans, and even some fellow law enforcement officers went onto social media to display their mourning for the passing of one of their close friends.
“On this solemn occasion as the Port Authority mourns the loss of 84 employees in the attacks on the World Trade Center — including 37 members of the Port Authority Police Department — our grief only deepens today with the passing of Officer Varvaro,’’ said Port Authority in a statement to CNN.
Before his time as a police officer, Vavaro played baseball at the University of St. Johns where he was a standout pitcher, earning him a chance to play in the MLB. From 2010 to 2015, Anthony had a total of 166 appearances on the mound playing for either the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, and the Atlanta Braves
Vavaro’s old college coach, Mike Hampton, was at a “loss for words’’ Fox Sports says after he found out about the passing of Vavaro. “Not only was he everything you could want out of a ball player, he was everything you could want in a person. My heart goes out to his family, friends, teammates and fellow officers,” Hampton said to the press as he still was in shock about what had happened.
The three sources that I used to find this information were CNN, ABC, and Fox News. I chose these three sources because I wanted to see if there would be a lot of noticeably different information being given up.
All three of these sources however did not really have any different or added information. The only one that I felt was a little different was Fox News and I say that because Fox News was able to get a couple more quotes from different people that knew Anthony
In my opinion, I think that getting different quotes from different people who are related, or possibly were impacted by the victim is very important in these types of articles. These quotes can spark emotion for the reader and get them to continue reading.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/mlb-pitcher-turned-port-authority-cop-dies-crash/story?id=89711699
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/us/anthony-varvaro-mlb-pitcher-officer-killed-in-crash/index.html
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