Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Nature: The unseen intelligence which loved us into being and is deposing of us by the same token. It was your innate ability and maturity beyond your years, Officer Cook, that lead to down a road of success, down the path of passion of which you displayed each day you worked for the good of Dade County citizens. Mother nature punishes us for most sins, but sacrilege, heresy and blasphemy are not in her calendar, so people have to look after them. God is watching over your immortal soul my neighbor, friend and hero. Continue your patrol of God's golden streets. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 23, 2013

Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. There is a major mistake in this statement, in that quite a lot of police killers and to those who have harmed officers, have escaped serious ramifications for their callous and heinous actions. For these families, justice has been hard to come by after many, many years and still continues to be an enigma to those who read and reflect on the lives and careers of the many brave women and men who serve with distinction. You were the example of the many outstanding and dedicated officers who paid the dear price, Officer Cook. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 22, 2013

Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended. You were a defender, a staunch and loyal defender of our rights, Officer Cook. You gave every spark, every ounce of energy that you could summon to help in the fight over evil. It may have taken your treasured life and soul, but it has not dampened the spirits of those determined to carry on with the flames you kindled to spread the light over the darkness that covers parts of us. We have taken charge over your duties and try to achieve them with the same unique passions and compassion that engulfed you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 22, 2013

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable variations. If people only could listen and obey these few simple and basic laws, the lives of many brave, courageous and honorable officers, such as yourself, Officer Cook, would not be lost. But this was your undertaking as a young man growing up and you stood up to wickedness each and everyday preserving our lives, our freedoms, our dreams, our hopes and gains as you gave up your solemn life as a quality and highly trained police officer, serving the establishments in and around the Dade County region. Your life has been celebrated and honored yearly for your sacrifice. As a drummer in high school, you now can march to God's rhythmic beats as you watch over us for all eternity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 22, 2013

He who knows what sweet and virtues are in the ground, the waters, the plants, the heavens and how to come at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man. You knew exactly how to arrive at these beauties, Officer Cook. It was through the lens of your trusting camera which snapped many marvelous pictures of God's enchanted forests. Nature hates calculators and you my neighbor, friend and hero, needed no such prompting. When off duty you just needed to wipe off the little dust that gathered on your camera and begin to relax as you took picture after picture. These photos said a lot and now God has that giant camera ready for you to use as He directs its aim here down on this beautiful world we trust to get the best pictures possible. I try to keep your sacred burial site free of weeds and hope the caretakers provide your grave with the perpetual care and dignity it so requires. The plants, the pinwheels all signify life continuing, the life you faithfully lived and served bravely to maintain for all others. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 22, 2013

There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. From the words, "We Shall Be One," as inscribed on your gravestone, Officer Cook, says a whole lot of your life, one lived properly in deed and in usage of proper speech. God created this world not for His sake, but for our sake and for us to strive to emulate His ways. What might be some of His ways? Doing good deeds, proper speech as shown in our work ethic. and of course we mean by this, trying to get along with others to co-exist with them in a peaceful manner. Obviously, if you work in a large police department, you come across men and women from all walks of life and working with them in an honorable and dignified fashion to serve and to protect those citizens of which you all took an affirmation to look after. Humility is brought about when we all start caring for one another, being one nation, with one God that surrounds the four corners of this splendid universe. Police officers are like any other person, in that they too possess feelings and to get along better with them, since they risk their entire beings for our welfare, our communities need to stay in touch with one another on a continual basis. The young man who took your innocence and life needed help, there is no question about this and only if someone could have reached out to him before this whole crisis unfolded, well we can only speculate the outcome might have been different in that no lives would have been ruined by his heinous activity. Make no mistake, your actions, my neighbor, friend and hero, your attempt to calm his him with your voice before resorting to using your weapon would have been great. Your heroism speaks louder now from your final resting place than at any other time. You tried to stop this wickedness from spilling out onto the streets where you patrolled for six solid years of unwavering commitment and truly made a difference in that you saved seven people, four of whom were your fellow officers. You mission by which you were place don this earth by God was served with grace and honor and has been and forever duly noticed. William: Savior and Benevolent One. You were this right until the end: Officer William C. Cook: Badge#1664 A Dade County Humanitarian for all time. Rest in peace. The moral of your story is to always act with morals and one can never be wrong in trying to accomplish success.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 22, 2013

Loveliest of lovely things are they, one earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its one hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower. The loveliest of people, the honest of all officers, Officer Cook, for your twenty-five years of life and a career so treasured, you were the rose whose scent has never disappeared. Your loving spirit always has and will never evaporate from those loving family members and friends who remember your battles on the streets and your sacrifice in the name of God and the citizens of Dade County who relied on you for excellent, prompt and loyal service. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 22, 2013

I want a wife affectionate and fair, to solace all the woes of life and all its days to share; of temper sweet, of yielding will, of firm yet placid mind, with all my faults to love me still, with sentiments refined. You complemented each other so well, Officer Cook, you and your beloved wife, Karen and for what you had to endure to become what you dreamed of always wanting to be, Karen and the rest of your family misses you very greatly. It's still hard to imagine thirty-four years have passed since your untimely passing. Your memory has not nor will it ever be just a passing moment. I never had the opportunity to ever greet and meet you, you'll always be held in high esteem with the respect your heroism calls for. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Two people so meant for one another, so caring for each other, so devoted to their passions in life, your life was one of tremendous success, it's hard to imagine it being replicated by anyone. Those who devote their moments to success will only be rewarded in the end by Our Creator.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 21, 2013

You were a sure officer of certainty, a doer by definition and an integral part of his department and division. Officer cook, you displayed friendliness towards all citizens which has never been lost in translation. The talents you had transferred to the streets of Dade County where you excelled in its service and protection. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A man of courage, vision and intellect, who engineered the passion and compassion which is sorely missed today and everyday.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 21, 2013

Man's conclusions are reached by toil. I'm no better than the best and whether worse than the rest of my fellow-men who knows? The truth be said, you were among the best of the crop of officers during your time, Officer Cook. The problem is all officers should strive to emulate your traits and do it with respect, grace, dignity and honor. Stand up, take the onus upon your shoulders, which is only what you did in your life and career. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your sacrifice was only due to a man of true convictions, who never compromised the integrity of any investigation.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 21, 2013

Your loved ones continue doing good deeds as you did during your life, Officer Cook. Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances....Strong men believe in cause and effect. Luck plays a part in most everything in life, but it is those who take the pains in achieving whatever challenges lie in front of them that usually find the most success. You accomplished my neighbor, friend and hero because of the hard work that you put in, in willing to sacrifice your life for our benefit. If the fortunes of that fateful day of May 16, 1979 could have changed, we all would be very happy. But those who knew your work ethic and perseverance, respected you a lot will never forget you or the loved ones you left behind. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 21, 2013

And all things that were true and fair lay closely to my loving eye, with nothing shadowy between- I was a boy of seventeen. When you were seventeen, Officer Cook, I believe you were just starting out your career as a Dade County Public Safety Officer and when you turned twenty you joined the ranks of the Miami-Dade Police Academy at Miami-Dade Community College North Campus. It was there where you learned your lessons well that would serve you quite well during your life and career on the streets of Dade County where the momentum of your feats stands out today as large as that everlasting smile. The skill, grit and determination you brought to your department and division is the benchmark by which all future Metro-Dade Police Officers strive for this same quality in service. Never to be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Through your sacrifice, Officer Cook, the one fairness given to all officers are those side-panels attached to the bulletproof vests, that should have been an integral part of your equipment during your time. Some dream, most desire, but to those unafraid, they achieve mightily beyond our hopes and efforts.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 20, 2013

For still in mutual sufferance lies the secret of true living; love scarce is love that never knows the sweetness of forgiving. As true a gentleman as you were, Officer Cook, so lovable and caring, so humble and loyal, there can never be anything scarce other than those who miss you so dearly. The price you and your forty-one other Metro-Dade colleagues paid for our liberties can never truly be repaid to you, so we gather and take a moment out of our busy lives to reflect back on your time as an officer and a life so endearing to those whose beings reached across and shook hands with you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 20, 2013

Love is born of faith, live son hope and dies of charity. This I have known always; love is no more than the wide blossom of which the wind assails, than the great tide that treads the shifting shore, strewing fresh wreckage gathered in the gales; pity me that the heart is slow to learn what the swift mind beholds at ever turn. All law enforcement officials who sacrifice their lives in the performance of their duties all have this certain bond of love and faith that surrounds them and their families. This was your make up, Officer Cook, your DNA, you never left your house without it. It served you well for six years and much more in all your endeavors. The breeze blows the leaves where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero and the silence can be deafening, but let no person make the mistake, only someone so brave lies in the hallowed ground beneath. Your charitable deeds forever follow you have traveled. Your loved have continued setting this example in your honor. You would be very proud of them.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 20, 2013

So blind is life, so long at last is sleep and none but love to bid us laugh or weep. When brave men and women like yourself, Officer Cook, give up their lives, there is always something not right with that equation. We may gain an insight as we grow older. Your family wishes you were given that chance to grow older as you had so much more to give back to your community. Most of your comrades who went to battle with you each day to gain an upper hand in this fight we call a war, remember your smiling persona and the proudest confidence that you so often displayed. Your memory is their legacy of which we can all remember you by even the lay people, the citizens you took pride in serving and in protecting. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, sleep comfortably in God's shade where those comrades can gather from time to time to pay you homage for a job well done.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 20, 2013

Love is anterior to life, posterior to death. The love you gave your loving family and the love and respect you received from all only serves as the model in how we should not only live, but to conduct our lives and careers with a solid and a most moving respect. You did a dangerous job, Officer Cook and served with pride right up until the last breath you took on our behalf. The front and back of your police uniform that you wore with a sense of pride, humbleness and honor only reinforces the need for all to act this way. This duplication should only motivate us to succeed in whatever ventures we follow through with. Love those as you would want them to respect you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 20, 2013

This dust was once the man, gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand, against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, was saved the Union of these States. Your remains, Officer Cook are buried near a tall green tree. Very fitting, as you were an outdoors person. You were a gentle, humble giant of an officer who possessed a heart bigger than ever, when it came down to assisting others. Whenever an officer is taken from their family, friends and colleagues this certainly is one of the more heinous crimes that can be perpetrated against society considering the freedoms we are afforded because of your sacrifice and that of over twenty-one thousand other heroes and heroines. The scent of a grand person, a loving son, brother and husband will forever encamp those who considered you a friend and colleague. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. This state, this city and county will always remember your courageousness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 20, 2013

His head is bowed. He thinks of men and kings. Yes, when the sick world cries, how can he sleep? Too many peasants fight, they know not why; too many homesteads in black terror weep. Our heads were down the day you gave up your life, Officer Cook, to make our community safer and more sound. You gave unity, freedom and liberty a new meaning as do all officers who bravely make the ultimate sacrifice. You brought forth victory for the downtrodden, liberty for the afflicted and peace for those able to go out into the community for their livelihoods. You sleep soundly in God's eternal shelter in His golden gates where many have joined you after waging war against this constant nemesis, evil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 20, 2013

Criticism means an attempt to find out what something is, not for the purpose of judging it, or imitating it, nor for the purpose of illustrating something else nor for any other ulterior purpose whatever. There never will be any issues with officers who not only risk their lives, but sacrifice their souls so others can live. Your boldness and swiftness to act and to react that day, Officer cook, says an awful lot about your stellar character and morals that are so vital not only in your profession, but in any endeavor that helps our lives become a little better. You were not one to ever waver and your courage and bravery serves to motivate us on how we can each do a little better everyday. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 17, 2013

American muse, whose strong and diverse heart, so many men have tried to understand, but only made it smaller with their art, because you are as various as your land. All people are eclectic in their ideas, morals and personal values. You, Officer Cook, took these ideals and expounded upon their virtues and these made you the best person, the best officer, with a dogged determination to succeed mightily where others may have failed. Failure was not a word in your vocabulary. Helping others and picking up their spirits was one of your many humble mantels in life. To be the best, you not only need to be the best, but display this trait in treating others. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 17, 2013

No more for him life's stormy conflicts, nor victory, nor defeat-no more time's dark events, changing like ceaseless clouds across the sky. When a living being passes from this world to the next world, the first question they are asked by God: Did you do good deeds? You could answer that question only one way, Officer Cook, in the affirmative. You lived and were raised by family values and it was these values which transformed you into the gentleman you grew up to be. There was no need to shine your badge, it was shining with honor, dignity, humility and the confidence to succeed the first time. We cannot say this unfortunately about all officers, a little polish is needed in proper ethical conduct and tact that just might be the medicine they need to ingest before getting out on patrol. The day you gave your life, my neighbor, friend and hero was a very bright hot and sunny day. Tragically, darkness enveloped your division and department when word came down that you sacrificed your life in the cause of liberty and freedom for all citizens. But the darkness has abated a little bit as we continually remember the light from your soul which always has and forever will illuminate this seemingly perpetual darkness. Rest in peace as your soul climbs that ladder to guide Our Creator in watching over God's golden streets.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 17, 2013

He has doctrines, not hatreds and is without ambition except to do good and serve his country. You took your lead along with Nancy, Officer Cook from your mother, Mrs. Julia Cook and your father, Mr. Charles Cook, in these positive attributes and they made you both the type of individuals who grew up to humbly accomplish whatever you wanted to do successfully. You were a very hard working and ambitious person who desired to have a good quality of life and to provide the necessary needs for your beloved wife, Karen, as well. You looked out for one another and were always interested in her professional career as she was for yours. She realized what you were determined to do and one hundred percent of the time supported you in all your efforts. Supporting, loving, caring and sharing is the proper route for a young couple to navigate down as you had begun your careers. Your sacrifice instills in all of us that if you have the proper intentions and the will to do well is a solidly placed foundation, then you can never fail, nor go wrong. Police officers are trained public servants who operate under the canopy of honor and integrity in performing a dangerous job, yet they too rely on God to see them through the tough times. God determines our lots in life and yours, my neighbor, friend and hero was well placed, well-valued and well-lived for twenty-five years of grace and dignity with a compassion that no other person can even come close to duplicating. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 17, 2013

He held his place-held the long purpose like a growing tree-held on through blame and faltered not at praise. And when he fell in whirlwind, he went down as when a lordly cedar, green with boughs, goes down with a great shout upon the hills and leaves a lonesome place against the sky. You held your ground, Officer Cook, in your daily battles with evil and that day of May 16, 1979, you acted no differently, you utilized your intellect and professional training in saving your four comrades and those three civilians from eminent death, placing your being ahead of the citizens who knew and respected you for your achievements. Your final resting place is by a tall green tree, fitting for you were a passionate photographer. Like the General Electric promo, "You brought good things to life." Your spirit as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero continues to bring us good things to ponder and remember your legacy by. God's eternal lens continues to snap off some great pictures of this world made greater by your pursuits of unity and justice for all.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 17, 2013

With my own ability, I cannot succeed, without the sustenance of Divine providence and of great free, happy and intelligent people. Without these I cannot hope to succeed; with them, I cannot fail. God guided you, Officer Cook, in all your abilities and you never failed nor let anyone down. I just wish I could as a civilian been there that awful day to do whatever I could have to save you. You stood out as a man among men. Brave and valiant, that is why your friend, Chief Geoff Jacobs said your maturity was way beyond that of others. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 17, 2013

O I see now that life cannot exhibit all to me, as the day cannot, i see that I am to wait for what will be exhibited by death. Thanks to great men and women like yourself, Officer Cook, I can go wherever, for health, the midday sun, the impalpable air-for life, mere life. We owe our lives to your life, my neighbor, friend and hero. The serious approaches you undertook to maintain dignity on this Earth. Everything we do, is in large part due to your diligence, your perseverance, most of all, your courage and bravery is the driving force by which we continue to maintain our battle with evil and lead our lives with plenty of a fighting spirit to carry this torch which you faithfully passed on to us. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 16, 2013