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Larry DePrimo honored by NYPD

Officer Larry DePrimo, who gave a barefoot homeless

Officer Larry DePrimo, who gave a barefoot homeless man warm boots and socks, is�honored by NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Nov. 29, 2012) (November 30, 2012 12:43 AM)

NYPD Officer Larry DePrimo -- an instant hero after a photograph showing him giving shoes to a barefoot man went viral -- said he didn't expect anything in return.

But when Police Commissioner Ray Kelly honored the young officer from Holbrook Thursday, presenting him with a special set of cuff links, DePrimo beamed.

"This, I am never letting go," he said afterward at police headquarters....

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