From New York to the Pentagon

NYPD Gaelic Football Club members, Pat Mulcahy (Cork), team manager Peter McCormack (Donegal), and Ira Goldman (New York) pictured in front of the Pentagon on September 11. Mulcahy and McCormack had cycled from Ground Zero to the Pentagon in honor of the victims of 9/11. and as part of an annual event, the "Tour de Force."

The force has a dual mission: to honor the victims of 9/11 by keeping their memory alive through cycling events, and to raise funds to benefit the families of police officers killed in the line of duty. More than 200 officers from across the U.S., Canada, and Europe took part in the four cycle.

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