NYPD Det. Troy Patterson remembered with hero's funeral
Patterson was shot during a botched robbery in 1990 and survived for more than 30 years in a vegetative-like state.
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Patterson was shot during a botched robbery in 1990 and survived for more than 30 years in a vegetative-like state.
NYPD Det. Troy Patterson was laid to rest Friday, three decades after he was shot in the head in a botched robbery. CBS2's Natalie Duddridge was there as family, friends and members of the NYPD said goodbye.
A funeral was held Friday for NYPD Det. Troy Patterson, who spent more than three decades in a vegetative state after he was shot in the head during a botched robbery. CBS2's Natalie Duddridge spoke to loved ones who never stopped hoping he would regain consciousness.
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Patterson was shot while washing his car during an attempted robbery in 1990 in Brooklyn and survived in a vegetative-like state for 33 years.
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Patterson was shot during an attempted robbery while washing his car back in 1990 and lived for 33 years in a vegetative-like state. CBS2's Natalie Duddridge has more on how he's being remembered.
The NYPD is saying farewell to one of their own, more than 30 years after a shooting left him in a vegetative state. CBS2's John Dias has the latest from Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Patterson survived in a vegetative state for more than 30 years after he was shot during a robbery attempt in 1990.
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Patterson survived in a vegetative state for more than 30 years after he was shot during a robbery attempt in 1990.
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