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From: Trevor Haywood, England I
Date: 16 May 2006
BLUE KNIGHTS WORLD TOUR P R E S S R E L E A S E Announcing the Blue Knights® World Motorcycle Tour Facilitating the First
Police Officer to Circle the Globe on a Motorcycle On May 15, 2006, retired Miami-Dade Police Sergeant, Alexander Ramirez will board a
plane to Heathrow , England, to attempt to be the first law enforcement officer to circle the globe on a motorcycle solo. The venture is being
facilitated by the Blue Knights® International Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, with 20,000 members in 27 countries, making it the
largest club of its type in the world. MDPD Sergeant Alexander Ramirez, born and raised in New York City, became a Law Enforcement
Officer in 1971 and moved to Miami, Florida, in 1980 to continue his career with the Miami-Dade Police Department, until his retirement in
January, 2006. Career assignments included the Organized Crime Bureau, Uniform, and Northside Narcotics. Joining the Blue Knights®
in 1977 and re-chartering the Miami Chapter (Florida IV) in 1980, and chartered the Southern Conference in 1981. In that time, they hosted
an International Convention and raised $97,000 for the University of Miami Spinal Cord Research Unit. The Blue Knights® are facilitating
the tour by providing support along the route and arranging relaying escorts and appearances in several countries. The unannounced route
will take him throughout Western Europe, East across Russia to Asia, and after a flight to Alaska, South down the Alaska/Canada Highway
back to the United States. Corporate sponsors have provided Alex Ramirez with the latest in motorcycle safety, the first airbag equipped
jacket marketed as, “The Impact Jacket”, which upon falling off a motorcycle, automatically inflate chambers in the jacket to protect the
ribs, lower back and spine. Public interest in the World Tour as developed into tracking his progress around the world via a website at
BKWMCT2006@Yahoo.com. For additional information, contact Blue Knight® International at BlueKnights.org or call (207) 947-5814.
Date: 18 May 2006
Alex has got a bike.... and is practicing riding on
the left for the UK and Ireland part of his tour.
He's ably supported by Pete Wardle and we are
going to the Cow and Calf for a traditional English
meal with Alex on Friday 19th May... contact me
for details and to book a meal or two.
PICS OF COW AND CALF
From: Jerry
Date: 20 May 2006
Just like to say what a great evening. Great food, great
company, and hopefully a night for Alex to remember.
Thanks to Harry for sorting it, and to everyone who turned up.
