as well as the pressure of the September 11th attacks, were really troubling him. (On that day, Bosco heard the first plane hit the World Trade Center and rushed to the scene, but fled when the towers collapsed, leading to his vulnerability to panic attacks many months afterwards). After his failed attempt to get into ESU, Bosco then tried to get onto the Anti-Crime team. This time he was successful, and worked closely with Maritza Cruz, someone who he got involved with on a personal level. Soon, Cruz became the first woman who he got close to falling in love with. However, this relationship caused a strain on his and Faith's friendship, with the first major crack appearing when she found out about Bosco's participation in Cruz's illegal police activities. Eventually, Bosco and Faith's bond suffered its biggest blow when he went to her for help, due to the trouble Cruz's do-anything-for-evidence attitude had led to with writer and informant Aaron Noble. Bosco needed Faith to go to Noble's apartment and retrieve a gun used in a murder; the gun was evidence enough to get Noble locked away for good and prove that Cruz was going against the book. Faith grudgingly consented, but at the apartment she was surprised by Cruz. During their standoff, Noble and Bosco appeared, and then rising tensions triggered a shootout. Bosco's fire killed Noble; Faith was shot and temporarily paralyzed by Cruz, while Cruz received a minor bullet wound to the head. Bosco took responsibility for the incident to save Faith, but the damage was done, and Faith told Bosco she never wanted to see him again. Bosco was then partnered with Sasha Monroe, and soon faced difficulties involving small-time crook Ally Nardo, who continuously involved Bosco's mother in problems. Nardo took her hostage, drawing Bosco into a furious search. Bosco eventually found his mother, whereupon Nardo killed himself despite the offer of witness protection. When Faith fully recovered, she requested to be partnered with Bosco again, saying that if she wanted to go back to work it was going to be properly; i.e., going back to '55 David', their patrol number. Bosco was hesitant, and didn't tell the chief of the request. But eventually they were put back together, although they seemed very distant. A later development saw Bosco's brother Mikey (who was into drugs) become suspected of drug running by Cruz, making Bosco