Lorraine Elliot (d. 1980) was a devoted mother who worked as an NYPD Crossing Guard at the extremely busy intersection of Lefferts Boulevard and Rockaway Boulevard in South Ozone Park. While she was helping a group of school children to cross, a driver became blinded by the winter sun reflecting off the snow, and Ms. Elliott quickly and instinctively pushed the children into a soft snowbank near the curb and took the brunt force of the car which knocked her to the ground and caused a significant head injury. She was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where she went through several hours of surgery. She was in a coma for 28 days before succumbing to her injuries and passed away on February 5, 1980 - she was 45 years old and killed in the line of duty. As a single mother, her death left three children orphaned and wards of the state.