Former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died in 2010, but he's still finding a way to have an impact in New York.
Steinbrenner's Yankee Silver Shield Foundation provides education for the children of New York City police officers, firemen and Port Authority employees who have died in the line of duty, and will do so for the family of NYPD officer Rafael Ramos, who died Saturday along with his partner, Wenjian Liu.
The foundation will pay for the education of Ramos' son, 13-year-old Jaden, and offered to pay for the education of another son, Justin, who is a sophomore at Bowdoin College in Maine, but the college said they will be covering the rest of Justin's tuition.
“We are a very close community, and we share in Justin’s pain and anguish,” Mills said on behalf of the college. “I know you join me in offering heartfelt condolences to Justin and the entire Ramos family, and I am sure you will respect their privacy as they and we support one another in the days and weeks ahead.”
Liu had no children, but was recently married.
The foundation, which Steinbrenner started in 1982, has paid for the educations of thousands of children of fallen NYPD, FDNY, state police and Port Authority, as well as 700 children who lost parents in the terrorists attacks on September 11, 2001.
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