What does it take to get shot in the line of duty, survive a devastating spinal cord injury, and still refuse to walk away from the fight?
On this episode of New York’s Finest: Retired & Unfiltered we sit down with retired NYPD First Grade Detective Terry McGhee for an incredible story of policing, survival, resilience and counterterrorism.
McGhee served 36 years with the NYPD, including more than two decades assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
His career took him from the streets of New York City to some of the most consequential terrorism investigations of the post-9/11 era.
In 1990, McGhee was shot in the line of duty.
Years later, his life changed again after suffering a devastating C6 spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed.
For many people, that would have ended the career.
Not Terry McGhee.
He returned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force in a wheelchair and continued investigating terrorists threatening the United States.
Among the cases he worked was the investigation of Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and an al-Qaeda spokesman, who was ultimately convicted in federal court on terrorism-related charges.
We take Terry through the entire journey: his early life, boxing and Army background, becoming a New York City police officer, being shot in the line of duty, investigative work, 9/11 and the JTTF, the injury that left him paralyzed, his extraordinary decision to return to work, and the terrorism cases that followed.
This isn't just an NYPD story.
It's a story about what happens when circumstances take away almost everything but can't take away your mission.
Shot. Paralyzed. Still hunting terrorists.
This is the incredible story of NYPD Detective Terry McGhee.
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