Curtis Sliwa
Curtis Sliwa
Curtis Sliwais an American anti-crime activist, founder and CEO of the Guardian Angels, and radio talk show host and media personality...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRadio Host
Date of Birth26 March 1954
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
breathing lucky room
I?m lucky to still be breathing and not be room temperature.
boss means watch
the boss is back. ... It means I have to watch my back.
assured federal government whether
The federal government has assured me that whether April, May or June, he's going to go down for the count.
saying
I'm saying to myself, 'This has got to be a nightmare,'
extended intention invitation ironic meet monday setting
It's ironic . . . where we have no intention of setting up, (the chief) has extended an invitation to meet on Monday to find out more about us because he's curious.
seemed sure
It seemed like a lifetime, but I'm sure it was just milliseconds.
rotten
A rotten apple in the Guardian Angels stigmatizes us all over the world.
against equivalent lawyer priest
It will be the equivalent of having your priest or rabbi, your lawyer or your wife, testifying against you.
asked board school teachers
Some teachers have asked us -- not through the school board or anything -- to come in and help.
army bruce daughter fight mind people physically son stereotype trim
Some people have this stereotype in their mind that you have to be the son or daughter of Bruce Lee, physically fit, trim and able to fight off an army of uzi-toting, dope-sucking, psychopathic killing machines. That is not the prerequisite.
time
Now I'm going to have to do a lot of rope-a-dope, never go the same way at the same time to the same places,
chance complete people siege
People under siege turn to us in complete frustration and I get a chance to go in when it's do or die.
angel men gang-members
What we do best is we target the young men and women who are on the fringe. They could go either way. Maybe they have been in trouble before, but not serious trouble. ... We cherry-pick them and circumvent them away from the gang members and drug dealers ... (and encourage) them to hang out with us and become a Guardian Angel.
air week shots
I'm a fast healer. I was on the air a week after I got shot.