The 10th annual Hero Day at PS 33 in Queens Village was filled with both enchantment and sorrow. The enchantment came courtesy of the kids, wide-eyed over the visiting police officers from the nearby 105th Precinct, who brought cruisers and bull horns, a German shepherd called Bricks and a velvety, brown horse called Lucky. Though the adults wore brave faces, it wasn’t easy for them, particularly when the principal unveiled a wooden bench in honor of 25-year-old detective Brian Moore from the 105th Precinct in a newly planted garden in the school’s front yard. A year ago, Moore died after a man shot him repeatedly while he sat in his unmarked police sedan. A stone engraved with the young detective’s badge number and precinct now adorns the garden. “We have a special relationship with the members of that precinct,” says PS 33 Chapter Leader Kristian Lisowski. “They are our friends and our neighbors, such positive role models for our students. His death broke our hearts.” Moore’s father, Raymond, himself a retired police officer, attended the ceremony. Joining the police officers were firefighters and paramedics, who let the kids climb on their trucks and vans and touch equipment and patiently answered the children’s seemingly endless questions. To curious kindergartners, Lucky the horse was the huge star of Hero Day, which was organized by Principal Vincent Gatto. They listened with rapt attention as a police officer relayed how he cares for the horse, where it sleeps and other interesting facts.