Two MTA Bridges & Tunnels cops commended for fi nding
lost 91-year-old on Throgs Neck Bridge, reuniting a family
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Two Metropolitan Transportation
Authority bridges
& tunnels police offi cers stationed
on the Throgs Neck
Bridge are being treated as
heroes after helping a lost
91-year-old man reunite with
his family.
The offi cers, Joseph Moncada
and Sergeant Roberto
Rivera found senior citizen
Narciso Caquias on Monday
morning after a silver alert
was issued by the northbound
city of Newburgh upon reports
that he hadn’t returned
home following a visit with a
relative in Manhattan.
Moncada spotted the
man’s vehicle crossing the
Throgs Neck Bridge at about
10:06 a.m. and put out a radio
call which was answered by
Rivera; the two then sprung
into action to assist in getting
Caquias back home safely, according
to the MTA.
“I approached the vehicle
and asked for license and registration
and he asked, ‘Offi -
cer, did I do anything wrong?’
and I said no not at all, I just
think your family is looking
for you,” Moncada said.
The offi cers brought the
elder man off the bridge and
arranged for him to be picked
up by his granddaughter
shortly afterward.
“I was in touch with the
command center and brought
Mr. Caquias back to our administration
center in the
Bronx where he was comfortable
and safe and able to wait
for his granddaughter,” Rivera
explained.
Johanna Munoz, the
granddaughter of Caquias
also commended the offi -
cers on how the treated her
grandfather during his time
of need.
It meant so much to me
how sweet each and every
one of you were to me and my
grandfather. You don’t really
see that a lot here in New York
so to meet wonderful police
offi cers like you was amazing,
because there are really
good offi cers out there. I just
wish everybody could experience
what I experienced,” she
said, also telling how Caquias
had raised Munoz since she
was just a young child.
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, F 2 EBRUARY 5-11, 2021
MTA Bridge & Tunnel Offi cer Joseph Moncada at the Throgs Neck Bridge on Thu., January 28, 2021, where he spotted
a 91-year-old motorist who was reported missing earlier this week. Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit
Following their work,
Moncada received a Meritorious
Service award while Rivera
was given an Excellent
Police Duty award for their
actions.
“My father is 88-years-old
and so talking to him, it was
beautiful. I’m so happy we
got him home with his family,
because that could be my
father,” Mondaca said.
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