Steven Mcdonald

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, second from left, his wife Chirlane McCray, left, NYPD Commissioner James P. O'Neill third from left, and former Police Commissioner William Bratton, fourth from left, stand at attention during the funeral service for New York City police officer Steven McDonald, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. McDonald died on Tuesday, 30 years after a robbery suspect shot him in Central Park. The officer publicly forgave his assailant and went on to become an international voice for peace. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Police officers salute as pallbearers carry the casket of New York City police officer Steven McDonald after his funeral service, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. McDonald died on Tuesday, 30 years after a robbery suspect shot him in Central Park. The officer publicly forgave his assailant and went on to become an international voice for peace. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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NYPD Detective Steven McDonald's casket is carried out of St. Patrick's Cathedral following his funeral, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in New York. McDonald died on Tuesday, 30 years after a robbery suspect shot him in Central Park. The officer publicly forgave his assailant and went on to become an international voice for peace. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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NYPD Detective Steven McDonald's casket departs St. Patrick's Cathedral following his funeral, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in New York. McDonald died on Tuesday, 30 years after a robbery suspect shot him in Central Park. The officer publicly forgave his assailant and went on to become an international voice for peace. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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NYPD Detective Steven McDonald 's casket arrives at St. Patrick's Cathedral for his funeral, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in New York. McDonald died on Tuesday, 30 years after a robbery suspect shot him in Central Park. The officer publicly forgave his assailant and went on to become an international voice for peace. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Police officers fill New York's Fifth Avenue prior to the funeral for Steven McDonald at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. McDonald died on Tuesday, 30 years after a robbery suspect shot him in Central Park. The officer publicly forgave his assailant and went on to become an international voice for peace. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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FILE- In this Jan. 25, 1995 file photo- New York City police officer Steven McDonald talks to students at a junior high school in New York. McDonald, who was paralyzed by a bullet and became an international voice for peace after he publicly forgave the gunman, died Tuesday, Jan 10, 2017 at the age of 59. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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FILE - In this July 11, 1989 file photo, New York police detective Steven McDonald, left, who was paralyzed by a gunman's bullet in Central Park in 1986, poses with his wife Patti Ann and his son, Conor, at a party in New York for their book "The Steven McDonald Story." McDonald, who became an international voice for peace after he publicly forgave the gunman who shot him, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at the age of 59. (AP Photo/Susan Ragan, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 1986 file photo, NYPD Officer Steven McDonald, paralyzed after being shot in Central Park earlier in the year, receives a New York Mets baseball jacket from Mets' president Fred Wilpon, left, in McDonald's room in New York's Bellevue Hospital. They are jointed by then Mayor Ed Koch, second from left, and McDonald's wife Patti. McDonald, who was paralyzed by a bullet and became an international voice for peace after he publicly forgave the gunman, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 at the age of 59. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani, File)

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FILE- In this Aug. 31, 2004 file photo, disabled former New York City police officer Steven McDonald addresses delegates, as family members stand beside him at Madison Square Garden during the Republican National Convention in New York. McDonald, who was paralyzed by a bullet and became an international voice for peace after he publicly forgave the gunman, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at the age of 59. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

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FILE- In this Aug. 30, 2004 file photo, New York Police Officer Steven McDonald recites the Pledge of Allegiance before the morning session of the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York. On Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, officials said McDonald, who was paralyzed by a bullet and became an international voice for peace after he publicly forgave the gunman, died at the age of 59. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)