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NYPD cop from Levittown dies on duty

Sgt. Patrick Divers, 51, part of the Brooklyn

Photo credit: NYPD | Sgt. Patrick Divers, 51, part of the Brooklyn North narcotics team, was in a car, on duty near Myrtle and Nostrand avenues, when he began feeling chest pains about 10:30 a.m., police said. (Feb. 1, 2013)

An NYPD sergeant from Levittown began convulsing during a narcotics operation in Brooklyn Friday morning and died of a heart attack, police said.

Sgt. Patrick Divers, 51, part of the Brooklyn North narcotics team, was in a car, on duty near Myrtle and Nostrand avenues, when he began feeling chest pains about 10:30 a.m., police said. Fellow officers rushed him to the nearby Woodhull Medical...

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