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Jeffrey Dela Cruz
- Dec. 23, 2021 -
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Resided: |
IL, USA
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Born: | Unk |
Fallen: | Dec. 23, 2021 |
Race/Sex: | Hispanic Male / 50 yrs. of age |
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Dept: | U.S. Customs and Border Patrol - Office of Field Operations
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington D.C., DC
20229 USA (877)227-5511 |
County: | District of Columbia |
Dept. Type: | Federal/Law Enforcement |
Hero's Rank: | Officer |
Sworn Date: | Unk |
FBI Class: | Death - Biological |
Weapon Class: | COVID-19 |
Agency URL: | Click Here
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On The Job: |
21 years
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Duties: | assigned to Port of Chicago |
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Bio: Jeff was born and raised in Chicago. He graduated from Lane Tech High School and started working with US Customs.
His work took him to Calgary, Canada where he met his wife Kathy. They married in the summer of 2000 and moved back to Chicago in 2002. They had Ashley (2002) and Sarah (2006) and built a great village of family and friends! Jeff was a great family man and a loving father and husband.
He started as an Explorer before starting Custom Border Protection and was still involved with the Explorer program throughout his career sharing his love of law enforcement. He had many coworkers whom he considered his friends and lifelong family. He valued and treasured all of the times and extra activities he was able to join, including travel.
Jeff was a very social, active man who was deeply involved with the Iron Warriors MotorCycle Club with his other love, his Harley! Ashley’s description of her dad is a badass, resilient, determined, brave, and friendly, which are all of the qualities that she wants to develop as she gets older, as they are the strong qualities instilled by her dad. 'Dad taught me to never give up and never sweat the small stuff. He was the best dad that Sarah and I could have asked for. Dad is, was, and will always be my hero.'
One of his favorite sayings was – 'It’s a 'crap' sandwich and we all need to take a bite out of it' AND 'Don’t let yourself be a victim when facing obstacles.' Sarah’s description of her dad is strong, funny and caring. He always knew how to make people laugh and smile. He would always put others first and was full of love. One of his favorite sayings was – 'You’ll be fine, there’s bigger 'crap' in the world to worry about than this!' |
Fatal Incident Summary
Offender: |
No Info
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IL
USA
Thu. Jan. 14, 2021
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Summary: |
Officer Jeffrey Dela Cruz died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Port of Chicago at 5600 Pearl Street in Rosemont.
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COVID-19, a flu-like virus, originated in Wuhan, China. Worth a mention, the Chinese Government had a biological research facility in that very province. At this point, it was widely held that COVID-19 was a bat-coronavirus and the first case was discovered in Wuhan in Oct. 2019.
On Dec. 31, 2019, Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organization of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, with an unknown cause. Jan 7, 2020 Chinese authorities identify a new type of coronavirus (called novel coronavirus or nCoV).
Despite deaths and an entire Chinese Province(Hubei) quarantined by the Chinese Government, the World Health Organization(WHO) simply declares a global public-health emergency. Despite this serious understatement, on January 31st, President Trump bans foreign nationals from entering the US if they were in China within the prior two weeks. Despite a large public outcry of racism, this move likely saved 1000's of American lives, it would later be deemed.
After a full blown global infection, and an entire country being declared on 'Lockdown'(Italy), on March 11th, WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic. This same day, President Trump bans all travel from 26 European countries. On Mar. 13th, a US national emergency is declared over the novel coronavirus outbreak.
On Mar. 23rd, New York City confirms 21,000 cases, making it the biggest epicenter of the outbreak in the US. On Mar. 31, more than 1/3 of humanity is under some form of lockdown. On Apr. 2nd, the world passes one million COVID-19 infections.
On April 7th, roughly 95% of all Americans are under lockdown, as 42 states issue stay-at-home orders. The entire American economy has ground to a halt. Congress passed laws awarding trillions in grants, loans and other types of assistance to the American working population and businesses.
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Last Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 |
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