NYPD widow holds blood drive to keep hubby’s legacy alive
The widow of NYPD Detective Anastasios Tsakos, who was killed in a 2021 hit-and-run by a drunk and drug-impaired driver, is hosting a blood drive to honor her husband's legacy of service. She aims to keep his memory alive by encouraging others to help those in need, reflecting the values he lived by. The event takes place near the fifth anniversary of his death at the NYPD’s Highway 3 Precinct in Queens.
- ▪Detective Anastasios Tsakos, a 14-year NYPD veteran, was killed in 2021 while responding to a car accident on the Long Island Expressway.
- ▪Jessica Beauvais, the driver who struck and killed Tsakos, was under the influence and had expressed anti-police sentiments on a Facebook podcast before the crash.
- ▪Beauvais was convicted of aggravated manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, and leaving the scene, and sentenced to over 20 years in prison.
- ▪Tsakos’s widow, Irene, is holding a blood drive at the NYPD Highway 3 Precinct on May 19, 2026, to honor her husband’s commitment to helping others.
- ▪The couple’s children, now 8 and 11, understand their father was a hero who died in the line of duty while helping people.
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Metro exclusive NYPD widow holds blood drive to keep hubby’s legacy alive By Tina Moore Published May 16, 2026, 8:13 a.m. ET The widow of an NYPD highway officer who was killed by a cop-hating, drunken driver five years ago is hoping to keep her husband’s legacy alive with a blood drive near the fifth anniversary of his death. Detective Anastasios Tsakos, a father of two, was killed by boozed up hit-and-run driver Jessica Beauvais on the Long Island Expressway in Queens on April 27, 2021. He was 43. “I don’t want him to be forgotten, and I’m trying to do good because that’s who my husband was,” said heartbroken Irene Tsakos, who lives in Greenlawn, Long Island and is hosting the blood drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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