Twelve years after moving to the United States from Bangladesh, Didarul Islam sought to join the ranks of the nation's largest police department because he "got inspired" by the "blanket" of protection the NYPD provided to his community, according to an essay he wrote as part of his police academy application.

The horrific mass shooting at a Midtown office building on Monday was the deadliest gun attack in the Big Apple in 25 years. Shane Tamura gunned down four innocent people — including an NYPD cop and a business executive — before turning the gun on himself late Monday.