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...personal hero is Captain Ron Gatto of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Watershed Police. Since 1905 New York City has employed an environmental police force to protect the 1,969 sq. mi. (5,100 sq km) of watersheds that feed the city's upstate drinking-water reservoirs. DEP, which came into being in 1978, has the authority to enforce laws against polluting the watersheds. But records show that prior to 1989, DEP's police never arrested a single polluter. A succession of New York City governments apparently didn't want to antagonize upstate landowners, who wielded great...
...patrolman bridled at the practice of leaving polluters unmolested. Ron Gatto is a burly fireplug of a man with 21-in. (53-cm) biceps. He once bench-pressed a trophy-winning 575 lbs. (261 kg). Gatto grew up in Westchester County, just north of New York City. He joined the police in 1982 to fight the polluters who were despoiling the green landscapes and the reservoirs he had fished as a boy. Instead, he recalls, his bosses had him drive around and chase swimmers...
...Gatto wanted to give tickets to a hospital and a prison for discharging raw sewage into the reservoirs. But a superior pocketed the citations, Gatto says, and they were never delivered. Undaunted, Gatto reported the incident in a hearing before the New York City Council president. His courageous testimony in October 1991 finally forced DEP to get serious about arresting polluters...
...greatest Game of them all was in 1968. Both Harvard and Yale brought undefeated 8-0 records into the pre-Thanksgiving face-off, the lone time in history that has happened. The Crimson were led by 5'6 halfback Vic Gatto, the captain, who guided a steady offense that supported a deep, veteran defense that only gave up 41 points going into The Game. The Bulldogs countered with a powerful offensive squad, with running back Calvin Hill, a future NFL star and father of Detroit Piston Grant Hill, and Brian Dowling, a quarterback who had not lost a game...
...Field. Harvard scores, but fails on the two point conversion, remaining 10 points behind. No wait, pass interference--a second opportunity proves worthy; Yale 29, Harvard 21, 42 seconds remaining. Onside kick. Harvard recovers, quickly drives down the field. Three seconds remaining, eight yard line. On the final play, Gatto catches touchdown pass for the score. Down two, no time remaining. Two point conversion successful, game ends in 29-29 tie. Both Harvard and Yale finish with identical 8-0-1 records...