Thomas Ortiz:
CLASS OF 1962
Seward Park High SchoolClass of 1962
New york, NY
Thomas's Story
I was born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan (Pitt between Stanton and Houston) .Had a great childhood on the LES. We were an extremely close family and had many good neighbors who looked out for one another. Attended PS#4, JHS #188, which became JHS#22 in my last year there. at 11 years old picked up (Delancey and Essex)and delivered newspapers at various candy stores in the Lower East Side (Daily Mirror, Daily News Jewish Daily Forward). I also worked for a candy store Sadie's (127 Pitt St), Goldies' Benny's, also worked at Hersheys' toy store (Clinton St).
I later worked for at the Boys Club on Pitt street,NYC. I'm a combat veteran of Vie...Expand for more
tnam. I was notified of my sons birth by a Red cross helicopter while in the jungles of Vietnam. I was with an airmobile artillary unit at the time.
I married my childhood sweetheart also from the LES (Seward graduate)and had two wonderful children. I retired from NYPD and went on to work for a major airline in Regional Security, the Police Department of Puerto Rico as an assistant Superintendant, and as a fraud manager for an Insurance carrier. My bride, my rock, has recently passed. I've finally retired and I spend my time traveling from Florida to New Jersey where my daughter and grandkids live. I enjoy old friends, meeting people and staying in contact.
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