Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest easy my Brother in green. My thoughts and prayers are with your family and friends. There are over 18,000 of us patrolling the border, and every single one of us will remember you forever.

BPA
USBP LRT/LRN

July 26, 2009

My thoughts & prayers are with your family, friends, and Agency. May you sleep easy with God, Robert. We thank you for your Service, Sir. You will NEVER be forgotten.

Sgt. Trey Pellizzari
Texas Dept of Public Safety/Commercial Vehicle Enforcement-Garland

July 26, 2009

My condolences to your family. May you rest in peace.

BPA
US Border Patrol-Laredo North

July 26, 2009

Rest in Peace...

Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

July 26, 2009

RIP Agent Robert W. Rosas.

Anonymous

July 26, 2009

Officer Rosas, thank you so much for your service and sacrifice. You are in my prayers, as well as your family.
This brings home the pain of another Border Patrol Officer killed in the same area in June 1997. His name was Stephen Starch. He was my boss's new son-in-law. I saw upclose the pain and grief that a senseless death like yours causes. May God give peace to your family and keep you in His arms.

Alice Wisniewski
US Citizen

July 26, 2009

"The Badge"

He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.

He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.

Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.

He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.

His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.

He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.

And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.

But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.

Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.

Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.

So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.

In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.

Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.

Written By:
David L. Bell

Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1993 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

A tribute to your sacrifice- an American Hero!

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

July 26, 2009

May God bless your family and keep them safe.

Alcala Family

July 26, 2009

Vaya con dios my brother. I am so sorry for this....I send you love from a former member of the green....and to your family ......

Special Agent
ICE

July 26, 2009

My deepest condolences to the family of Agent Rosas who now must lay their beloved husband, son, brother to rest. There are no words to convey the depth of your loss and his sacrifice to keep our country safe. He was one of our many beloved heroes in green. May be rest in peace & God bless you.

S. Vargas
Sister of AZ BP Agent

July 26, 2009

Thank you for your dedicated service to our country. My thoughts and prayers are with your family and all the U.S. Border Patrol Agents who perform such a demanding and difficult mission to protect the citizens of our great country. May god watch over your family and provide our CPB agents protection from harm.

Paul J. Kizinkiewicz
U.S. Army, Retired

July 26, 2009

My thoughts and prayers go out to your family Robert. Rest in peace, brother. From a former PA.

S/A Miguel Bosch
DHS / CGIS

July 26, 2009

May God bless you Robert Rosas and your family. You protected us, me and my family and our country. While we slept, watched TV or enjoyed the summer you secured our border at the cost of your life. I know somewhere a close relative will wait for you to come through their front door.I know the feeling because my son served several tours as a combat flier. In his case he always had a backup or served as same. He was never alone as you were. I urge the authorities and congress to give your colleagues the backup they need. Hopefully you did not die in vain and the pain your family suffers will be recognized by corrective agency action. Thank you for your bravery in a war that the current
political elite refuses to acknowledge. Thank you for doing what some feel is a job that is less important. Thank you for your lonely courage. Thank you as an American who would have been proud to know you.
Joe Donahue

Joe Donahue
Citizen,USA

July 26, 2009

Rest in Peace my brother. You gave the ultimate sacrifice so others may live. My prayers are with you and your family.

Ptl. Tom Franks
Long Beach Police NJ

July 26, 2009

Special Agent Rosas, your watch is ended. May our Heavenly Father watch over your family and friends during this tragic time. May your soul walk carefully and proudly into everlasting life. You will be in our thoughts and prayers. Rest in God’s peace my friend, you deserve it.
REV

Chaplain Michael Grinnals
Camillus Police Department

July 26, 2009

On behalf of the staff at FCC Pollack Lousiana god speed brother Rosas. Your tour has ended. May you rest in peace.

Lieutenant Scott Justesen
Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Pollack, Lousiaina

July 26, 2009

Rest in Peace Brother.

Deputy Sheriff
MCSD

July 26, 2009

Below is a copy part of part of the letter purportedly written by Abraham Lincoln to a grieving widow. To me it still has relevance to day. Our family's prayers are with agent Rosass' family

Executive Mansion,
Washington, Nov. 21, 1864.

Dear Madam,

... I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they (he) died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

A. Lincoln

Private citizen George Webster

July 26, 2009

My heart goes out to the family of Agent Rosas.
May Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him.
Thank you for your service, you made the ultimate sacrifice for ordinary people like me.
Rest In Peace. We have lost a valiant Man.

J Hayes
Grateful Citizen

July 26, 2009

God Bless you sir.

Rick F.
Ret. CO

July 26, 2009

Dear Agent Rosas - Thank you for your service to your country. I hope and pray we can be worthy of your sacrifice.

Condolences to Agent Rosas's family, friends and fellow Agents.

Grateful Citizen
Houston, TX

Anonymous

July 26, 2009

God Bless Agent Rosas and his family for sacrificing so much for our country.

Anonymous

July 26, 2009

Bob - It is hard to believe you are gone. We are trying our hardest to find out what coward did this to you, and why. Thank you for your service to this great nation. Please watch over us, with the Lord by your side.

RIP Brother

Honor First

SW
USBP

July 26, 2009

Agent Rojas will be remembered...May God bless and protect his wife and children.

Bob
U.S. Customs Ret.

July 26, 2009

I'd like to give the Rosas Family my condolences in your hard times may god bless you and be with you.

Border Patrol Agent Ryan V. Nevarez
Border Patrol Agent

July 26, 2009