Special needs kids get visit from Santa, NYPD Highway Patrol at annual 'Santa Sleigh Ride'

NYPD's 11th annual Santa Sleigh Ride delivers toys to kids in Staten Island

Kris Kringle himself teamed up with NYPD ’s Highway Patrol to give out lots of goodies to special needs kids on Staten Island Wednesday. Dozens of officers from the NYPD ’s Highway 5 unit joined in for this year’s “Santa Sleigh Ride,” an event which has brought them to the Seton Foundation for Learning in Bulls Head for the last 12 years.

This year’s celebration was extra special, as it was event founder Det. Tommy Cerbone’s last in uniform before his upcoming retirement due to a 9/11-related kidney cancer diagnosis. “We started this 12 years ago … I wanted to pay this thing forward that changed my life,” Cerbone told The Post.School shooter was in therapy over troubled home life that saw parents repeatedly divorce — before deadly rampageThe officers, family members and neighbors showered the kids in holiday hugs from Santa, handed out gifts and let them hop on the seats of the NYPD motorcycles. The Seton Foundation is dedicated to teaching kids with an array of special needs, and for more than a decade Highway 5 has visited every holiday to make sure the kids don’t miss out on a visit from Santa.Santa Claus stopped by the event, bringing with him a sack full of toys handed out to the students on WednesdayThe kids held a special ceremony for Carbone to honor and thank him for his work with them — but he insisted the day wasn’t about him.“This is a group effort with our civilians and our families — it’s a group effort. Without these children, we wouldn’t be here ourselves.”School shooter was in therapy over troubled home life that saw parents repeatedly divorce — before deadly rampagePatrick and Brittany Mahomes dress up as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at Eras Tour-themed costume partyPatrick and Brittany Mahomes dress up as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at Eras Tour-themed costume partyPaul Martinka Santa Claus stopped by the event, bringing with him a sack full of toys handed out to the students on Wednesday

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