Two little girls from Russia have sent a thank you note to NYPD detectives who likely saved their father's life during a Los Angeles street attack.
The NYPD has posted the hand-written note from Nelli and Eva Makrich on its website.
"Thank you so much you saved my dad (sic)," the girls wrote. "Thank you that now I can to be with my father!"
Thankful For Two NYPD Detectives https://t.co/VwuURmxAcX pic.twitter.com/Zlxxu4MQe0 — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) November 29, 2015
Detectives Albert Ramos and Daniel Mulligan were in Los Angeles on official business when they subdued a man who was slashing Michael Makrich on Nov. 18 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Makrich, a tourist from Russia who was with Nelli, Eva and his wife, was stabbed by a homeless man at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue after some sort of confrontation, the LAPD said.
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The plainclothes NYPD officers immediately went to assist the victim, described as being between 25-to-30 years old, and held the assailant until LAPD arrived and took him into custody.
"They saw what was going on, intervened, stopped it — arrested the suspect and handed him over to us," LAPD Hollywood Capt. Pete Zarcone said.
Makrich suffered a neck wound and required surgery.
The New York officers were looking for a suspect wanted in New York, according to the NYPD. They were not identified at the time because they were still on assignment in L.A.
His children's thank you note includes a drawing of an angel, complete with wings and a halo.
