Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis, a native of Staten Island, was killed in Afghanistan while saving the life of a Polish soldier in 2013. He was 24.
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“I’m so grateful for the city of New York to so this, to honor a veteran, number one. But number two, and the best part is, my son,” said Bob Ollis., was killed in Afghanistan while saving the life of a Polish soldier in 2013. Ollis was 24. “9/11 came and he said he wanted to go, and he couldn’t go then because he was too young. But he waited and he went,” Bob Ollis said. “He said, ‘Pop, I’m gonna stay as long as I can give,’ and that was Michael.”
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