Weiss Bakery - Shooting newspaper article
Shloime Weiss
Weiss Kosher Bakery, Inc
5011 13th Ave,
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Below is the story that happened followed by the transcription of the article
The Bullet and the Bread
In the early hours of a quiet Brooklyn morning, at the Weiss Bakery on 13th Avenue, the aroma of fresh loaves filled the air. Joseph Grossman, 60 years old and built more of heart than muscle, was tending the ovens, keeping watch over the bread that would soon nourish his neighborhood.
Then, the silence shattered.
Two armed men burst through the door—one waving a pistol, the other headed for the register. But Grossman wasn’t thinking about himself. He didn’t hesitate. He lunged at the gunman.
“All I thought about,” he would later say from his hospital bed, “was that they weren’t going to take the bread.”
A struggle. A flash. A shot fired. The bullet tore into his leg.
But the thieves fled—empty-handed. The bread was safe. The register untouched. Grossman lay wounded, but victorious.
“I don’t care about my leg,” he said. “I care that we saved the bread.”
The men vanished into the night. The loaves came out of the oven. And the people of Borough Park got their daily bread—paid for not in money, but in courage.
Hurt Hero Saves Bread, Gets Bullet, But No Job
By JOHN KAMEL
Joseph Grossman, 60, hurt slightly in a holdup, vows to stake control of Hammersfeld Bakery yesterday at 3 a.m. after foiling robbers from holding up a Borough Park bakery Saturday night. He stopped the gunmen from getting bread, but wound up getting shot instead.
Two men, one armed with a pistol, held up the cashier of the Weiss Bakery, at 4806 13th Ave., in Brooklyn. Grossman, the night supervisor, stepped in and began fighting with one of the men. “All I thought about,” Grossman said from his hospital bed, “was that they weren’t going to take the bread.”
Grossman said he’d just put six loaves into the oven and didn’t want to see the bakery’s hard work stolen.
The gunman panicked and fired, hitting Grossman in the leg. He and his accomplice fled. Grossman was taken to M
Weiss Kosher Bakery, Inc
5011 13th Ave,
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Below is the story that happened followed by the transcription of the article
The Bullet and the Bread
In the early hours of a quiet Brooklyn morning, at the Weiss Bakery on 13th Avenue, the aroma of fresh loaves filled the air. Joseph Grossman, 60 years old and built more of heart than muscle, was tending the ovens, keeping watch over the bread that would soon nourish his neighborhood.
Then, the silence shattered.
Two armed men burst through the door—one waving a pistol, the other headed for the register. But Grossman wasn’t thinking about himself. He didn’t hesitate. He lunged at the gunman.
“All I thought about,” he would later say from his hospital bed, “was that they weren’t going to take the bread.”
A struggle. A flash. A shot fired. The bullet tore into his leg.
But the thieves fled—empty-handed. The bread was safe. The register untouched. Grossman lay wounded, but victorious.
“I don’t care about my leg,” he said. “I care that we saved the bread.”
The men vanished into the night. The loaves came out of the oven. And the people of Borough Park got their daily bread—paid for not in money, but in courage.
Hurt Hero Saves Bread, Gets Bullet, But No Job
By JOHN KAMEL
Joseph Grossman, 60, hurt slightly in a holdup, vows to stake control of Hammersfeld Bakery yesterday at 3 a.m. after foiling robbers from holding up a Borough Park bakery Saturday night. He stopped the gunmen from getting bread, but wound up getting shot instead.
Two men, one armed with a pistol, held up the cashier of the Weiss Bakery, at 4806 13th Ave., in Brooklyn. Grossman, the night supervisor, stepped in and began fighting with one of the men. “All I thought about,” Grossman said from his hospital bed, “was that they weren’t going to take the bread.”
Grossman said he’d just put six loaves into the oven and didn’t want to see the bakery’s hard work stolen.
The gunman panicked and fired, hitting Grossman in the leg. He and his accomplice fled. Grossman was taken to M
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