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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2018

NYPD Marks 9/11 Anniversary with Twitter Tribute to Fallen First Responders

The NYPD paid tribute to those first responders with a series of Twitter posts—one for each NYPD officer and several others paying tribute to the FDNY and PAPD, as well as for those who died at the Pentagon and in Shanksville (PA) on Flight 93.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 20, 2018

New York Officer Dies of 9/11-Related Cancer

Police Officer Kathleen O'Connor-Funigiello died on August 16 as the result of cancer that she developed following her assignment to assist with search and rescue efforts at the World Trade Center site immediately following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2018

FBI Agent Dies of 9/11-Related Illness

Supervisory Special Agent Brian Crews died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment to assist with search and rescue efforts at the World Trade Center site immediately following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2018

Retired NY Trooper Dies from Exposure to Ground Zero Toxins

Retired State Police Sergeant Charles Salaway, who was assigned to New York City to work on the search and recovery effort at the World Trade Center following the 9/11 attacks, is the seventh trooper to die from a 9/11-related illness.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 1, 2018

Connecticut Trooper Dies from 9/11-Related Cancer

Greene was part of the state police canine unit that was immediately called to assist New York police in searching for bodies among the rubble of the Twin Towers. Greene and his dog spent several days searching through the rubble looking for survivors. That unit is nationally known for its search and rescue abilities.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 28, 2018

Head of Atlanta FBI Office Dies from 9/11-Related Illness

SAC David J. LeValley served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Division since November 2016 and he previously served as the SAC of Criminal and Cyber Division at the Washington Field Office.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 25, 2018

Retired NYPD Chief of Detectives Dies from 9/11-Related Leukemia

William Allee, 76, who served as the department’s chief of detectives from 1997 to 2003, died around 6 a.m. at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 8, 2018

Retired NYPD Officer Dies of 9/11-Related Cancer

He and his partner Michael Henry, officers in the 94th Precinct in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, helped dust-covered people fleeing Manhattan over bridges to Brooklyn and on ferries to New Jersey, then stood guard at the gates around Ground Zero in the days that followed, Henry recalled. The officers covered their faces, he said, with the masks worn by house painters.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 27, 2018

Daughter of 9/11 Hero Sworn in as NYPD Recruit

The last time Ramon Suarez walked out of that door was Sept. 11, 2001, two days after Jillian turned 9. The 45-year-old Transit District 4 officer and his partner were stationed at the Delancey Street F-train station on that bright Tuesday morning when the first plane slammed into the north tower at 8:46 a.m.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 24, 2018

Community Helps Retired NYPD Officer Pay for Cancer Treatment

Retired NYPD Officer Scott Blackshaw, who spent days searching for bodies at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks, was diagnosed with terminal brain and spinal cancer earlier this year.

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